Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #387 by Keith Channing

~ John W. Howell

In Keith’s words. “Using this photo (below)as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really; even just a caption for the photograph. Either put your offering (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before Sunday evening UK time. If you post it on your own blog or site, a link to this page would be appreciated, but please do also mention it in a comment here. Thank you for taking part.”

Here is a link to Keith’s post https://keithchanning.wordpress.com/2022/11/21/kreative-kue-387/

The Photo.

60 Minutes by John W. Howell © 2022

“So you are the head tortoise.”

“Yup.”

“I wonder. Do you have a name?”

“I do.”

“Uh, could you share it?”

“Tom.”

“Tom the tortoise?”

“Just Tom.”

“What makes you the head tortoise?”

“Oldest.”

“How old are you?”

“Not sure.”

“How do you know you are the oldest?”

“Been told.”

“By whom?”

“The second oldest.”

“I guess I could ask how the second oldest knew he was the second oldest, but I imagine the answer would be, He was told by the third oldest.”

“Yup.”

“I’m doing this interview for the show 60 Minutes. Ever hear of it?”

“Nope.”

“Our viewers are interested in information about things. For example, we heard you tortoises live a long time.”

“Yup.”

“Erm. Do you have any secrets?”

“Who doesn’t?”

“To a long life, I mean.”

“Stay away from drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.”

“You gotta be kidding. Where would a tortoise get drugs, tobacco, and alcohol?”

“Can’t.”

“So your advice is hollow.”

“Yet I’m the oldest of the old.”

“I suppose you have a point.”

“Damn right.”

“What’s that in your mouth?”

“Grass.”

“Ah ha.”

“For heaven’s sake.”

“You said no drugs.”

“Tallgrass. No news here. Sorry, Leslie.”

 

 

 

62 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #387 by Keith Channing”

  2. Having said all that, he does look a bit spaced out, doesn’t he? Big tortoise, that one, as I recall – from what I could find out, he was a Giant South African Leopard Tortoise. He was hanging around inside the structure where we burned wood for hot water in South Africa, and it was my job to get him out. From memory, he was about 22 inches across the widest part of his carapace, and man, was he ever heavy!

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  21. My first thought when I looked at the photo was a tortoise smoking weed or some other substance—precisely where you ended up.

    That was fun, especially learning Tom found out he was the oldest from the second oldest.😃

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