The Story of Willie the Turtle

Willie was a happy baby turtle.  He had fun swimming and playing with his brothers and sisters. 

But Willie was a little different.  He liked to explore.  He got lost a lot.  Then his Mama got mad at him because she had to go find him.

One day Willie smelled something interesting.  He followed his nose to a farmer’s field.  The farmer had planted  Ripley tomatoes and Willie was hungry.

Willie crawled all around the farmer’s tomato patch, eating and eating.  He ate until he fell asleep.

But Willie didn’t know that eating Ripley tomatoes does strange things to turtles.  (And people too, probably.)

When Willie woke up, he was GREEN!  And ORANGE! 

His Mama was VERY mad at him because he would ALWAYS be green and orange!  And his brothers and sisters made fun of him because he was so funny looking!

I wish the story of Willie had a happy ending, but it doesn’t.  Because Willie didn’t have his natural camouflage any more, a coyote saw him.  The coyote ate Willie.  Poor Willie.

Moral of the story:  Don’t buy Ripley tomatoes.  Buy ours.  They taste better and we guarantee that they won’t turn you funny colors!