Excerpt from A Week of Tortoise Tales

Goat made some sizzling spicy stew. Instead of dishing out the food, he began to talk about the treasure chest. The tempting smell of delicious stew drifted into Tortoise’s nose. His mouth began to water.

But Goat talked and talked. And Tortoise waited and waited and waited.

(excerpt from A Week of Tortoise Tales, by Kate Iffy Chukwu)