2025 Hunt for the Golden Turtle

CLUE #1 - Excerpt from Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein

There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.

 

Clue#2:  Turtle under Glass by Jane Yolen

He goes slow.

Even his eyes

blink at half time.

It takes him fifteen minutes

to get from one end of the tank

to the other.

He’s not exactly ready

for a marathon.

 

Clue #3:  Skylight by Jane Yolen

In bed, the skylight,

night-light, starlight,

puts on a shadow show,

shade show, parade show

of limbs waving,

sometimes lightning, saving the best

for the late, when I am

half dreaming, part scheming,

pulling a tale from my head,

and the skylight

enlightens my story,

takes away worry,

puts me to sleep.

 

 

 

 Hunters beware!  The Golden Turtle hides only on Public Property.  Since turtles are cautious creatures, they avoid dangerous and hazardous locations; you would never catch a Golden Turtle lurking around the Sewer Plant.  Lastly, the Village of Turtle Lake provides such a wonderful habitat for golden turtles that they do not leave the Village limits.

 

** Weekly Clues will be posted in upcoming issues of The Times and Facebook

Hunters, please bring the Golden Turtle to Village Hall to claim your prize, weekdays, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.**