My daughter is becoming a very good reader in first grade. We have moved up to reading chapter books. This past week we spent reading a book which I absolutely loved….it was called “Turtle Dreams” and being as I am a dreamer…it touched me…
A turtle was told to prepare for winter….to gather his winter dreams…he had never done this before so he didnt know what to do…where would he find these winter dreams so before the winter hit…off he went to search for his dreams…
He came upon several different animals along the way….asking each of them what their dreams were….
An otter….who dreamed of sliding down icy hills and doing flips…
A bird…who dreamed of flying for the first time….feeling the drop and then the lift to the sky..
A squirrel…who dreamed of climbing a large tree and eating nuts on the highest branch…
Each time the turtle told himself that he could never do these things…..these could not possibly be dreams for himself so he plodded off to continue his search….saddened more and more as winter approached and he had no dreams to carry…
He finally went home as winter was fast upon them….he swam to the bottom and buried himself in mud….sure that he would not survive winter with no dreams of his own…
But….the turtle dreamed….dreams like no other….not only did he dream all the dreams of the other animals….but he slid faster…he flew higher….climbed higher….and the nuts he ate tasted of sunshine and gold…
Then he dreamed of being himself….a turtle….sunning on a rock swishing his tail….stretching his neck to the sun….and he was happy….with his own turtle dreams…
I just loved that story…..smiles
Summer Rain 
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