I had a little turtle when I was a child. Its name was “Speedy”
since it had a orange racing stripe down its back, not because it was
particularly fast. Speedy lived in a bowl
with a fake plastic tree. A strange fungus took Speedy from this mortal coil within
a month of coming home from the pet store. This song is in memoriam of all the short
lived pet store animals and their sad owners.
Kids love the part where you pretend to eat bugs and
minnows!
I had a little turtle,
make a fist and stick
out thumb as turtle’s head
It lived in a box.
cover fist with other
hand
It swam in a puddle,
mimic swimming motions
with hands
It climbed on some rocks.
stack one hand on top
of the other repeatedly
It snapped at a mosquito,
clap hands up to the
left
It snapped at a flea,
clap hands up to the
right
It snapped at a minnow
clap hands down to the
left
and it snapped at me!
clap hands down to the
right
It caught that mosquito,
grab imaginary mosquito,
mimic eating it
It caught the flea,
grab imaginary flea,
mimic eating it
It caught that minnow,
grab imaginary minnow,
mimic eating it
But it couldn't catch me!
shake finger like “no,no,no…"
Here is a video from KCLS Tell Me a Story that is similar to
the way I perform this rhyme:
And here is an Adolescent Mutant Ninja Turtle:
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