The Tortoise And The Rain. Poem by Tony Adah

The tortoise who is slow at walking
Looked up at the turquoise clouds
And surely the sky was ready to weep
He hastened slowly
As the tumultuous sky began to rain.

He fled gently
Until he passed through a shade
And he decided to take refuge under it
The sky rumbled noisily
With a torrential downpour
He began to see the shade shaking
Making noises like the flapping of ears
And the stamping of hoaves.

The tsar of slowness
Was taking shelter under an elephant
He was sore frightened
Same time the umpire of this race
Had stopped to blare his whistle
And the tortoise was free from the fear
Of his shade and the fear of the rain.