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Dark Matter: Women Witnessing - December, 2015 Issue #3 - EXTINCTION / DEVOTION

there was a turtle who lived in a pond that was going dry. The turtle asked two geese for

help, and they agreed to fly him to another pond. They held a stick in their beaks while

the turtle was hanging onto it by his mouth. The geese warned the turtle that he must
remember not to open his mouth, lest he would fall. While the geese were transporting

him in the air across the countryside, a group of children down below burst into laughter
at the funny sight. The turtle became angry at their rude remarks and opened his mouth

to reply but fell from the sky to his death. If you don't mind, I would like to change the old

story to make my own story. In a new version of the Panchatantra, I play the role of the
turtle, and the blue sea plays the part of the sky. The turtles help me to fly in the sea,

and I guide them far away from the roads and artificial lights on the shoreline, a form of
light pollution that disorients newborn turtles, sending them inland to their deaths rather

than to life in the sea. I don't want them to remain endangered. I want them to live and

flourish.

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