yes that is a turtle emoji turtles dwell in water and tortoises dwell on land but in this case the turtle emoji is a close approximate i know you dont really care so heres a story about oratortoise once in a small patch of woods near a quiet lake there was a tortoise named oratortoise who loved to listen to the sounds around him every morning he would slowly wake up and stretch his legs and neck as far as he could and then listen to the wind rustling the pine trees the birds singing their songs and even the tiny ants marching in the grass making little crunches underfoot oratortoise was not the fastest animal not even close sometimes he would try to race the snails just to see if he might win and sometimes he did but only by a whisker or whatever it is that snails have one day he heard a curious sound it was not wind or rain or squirrel chatter it was a little whistle sort of like the open note on a bottle but higher and it seemed to be coming from a log nearby so oratortoise took a deep breath and began to walk over which took quite some time and just as the sun started to sink behind the birch trees oratortoise finally reached the log and peeked inside and found a cricket practising his music the cricket said he wanted to have a concert but no one ever really stayed to listen because everyone was always in a hurry but oratortoise never hurried anywhere and he decided to sit because he liked the sound of the crickets music and he wanted his shell to feel the beat so the cricket played and oratortoise listened and soon the robin landed close by and the chipmunk stopped his collecting and a frog hopped over to see as well before long every animal in the little woods heard about the music and gathered around while the orange sun painted their shadows long when the cricket finished everyone clapped their paws and wings and even oratortoise tried to stomp but it was too slow and instead he made a gentle thump after that all the animals decided to listen more and rush less sometimes the slowest steps help you hear the clearest oratortoise always remembered that and every evening when a new sound danced in the air he was the first one to smile and the last one to leave. anyways. now heres a story about turtles... far far far away where the palm trees whisper and the blue water laps softly at the sand there is a giant log lying right in the middle of a marshy lagoon the log is smooth and broad from all the sun and rain and it is the best place for turtles to sun themselves in all the world they are just regular turtles not superheroes not famous just turtles with shiny green shells and sleepy eyes one by one they climb up the log and wiggle a little to fit just right if you listen you might hear them talking about nothing at all like which kind of leafy greens taste the best or how the sun feels today and sometimes a parrot flies by and mistakes them for small shiny rocks and squawks when he sees them blink every so often one turtle says i heard about turtles in a comic book that can do karate and eat pizza and wear coloured masks the others laugh and say imagine us fighting crime we prefer lettuce to pizza and the only masks we have are the bits of mud on our faces still as the sun climbs in the sky the turtles stretch out their legs and necks as long as can be warming every bit not moving quickly for anything and they all agree that being normal is just fine especially on a day like this when you only need a sunny log and good company and all the time in the world