Why Spotty the Turtle Carries his House with Him 🐢

Sleep Tight Stories - Bedtime Stories for Kids

Sleep Tight Media

Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.2 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Peter is visiting some friends when he sees Spotty the Turtle and realizes that he has never seen his house. Peter asks Spotty and Spotty tells him it is on his back and he carries it with him all the time. Peter thinks this is pretty cool but realizes there must be a reason why so he heads off to find Grandfather Frog to hear the story of why.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, and welcome to Sleep Tight Stories.
0:15.0	Peter Rabbit is back, and he is wondering why he has never seen Spoddy the Turtles house.
0:28.0	He asks Spoddy, and Spoddy tells him he carries it with him all the time.
0:35.0	Peter wonders why, and goes to ask grandfather frog.
0:43.0	Why Spoddy the Turtles carries his house with him?
0:51.0	Spoddy the Turtles sat on an old log on the bank of the smiling pool, taking a sun bath.
0:59.0	He had sat that way for the longest time without once moving.
1:05.0	Peter Rabbit had seen him when he went by on his way to the laughing brook and the green forest,
1:12.0	to look for someone to pass the time of day with.
1:16.0	Spoddy was still there when Peter returned a long time after, and he didn't look as if he had moved.
1:26.0	A sudden thought struck Peter.
1:29.0	He couldn't remember that he had ever seen Spoddy's house.
1:34.0	He had seen the houses of most of his other friends, but think as hard as he could, he didn't remember having seen Spoddy's.
1:45.0	Hi Spoddy, he shouted, where do you live?
1:51.0	Spoddy slowly turned his head and looked up at Peter.
1:55.0	There was a twinkle in his eyes, though Peter didn't see it.
2:00.0	Right here in smiling pond, where else should I live? He replied.
2:06.0	I mean, where is your house? Returned Peter.
2:11.0	Of course I know you live in the smiling pool, but where is your house?
2:17.0	Is it in the bank or down underwater?
2:22.0	It is just wherever I happen to be.
2:26.0	Just now it is right here, said Spoddy.
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