The Bluebell-Shelled Gaspurtle Who Saw Everything
Audience: Grown-up humor
Glissabelle Gaspurtle witnesses Lord Slipperoot backing out of Widow Honeystem’s flowerbed with his waistcoat open, his trousers compromised, and nectar drip...
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Creature: Turtles and Turtledrakes
Fifteen illustrated stories appear on each archive page, newest first.
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Creature: Turtles and Turtledrakes
4 published tales
The Moss-Crowned Turtledrake of Whisperroot Hollow
Audience: All readers
When Thimblewump, the moss-crowned turtledrake of Whisperroot Hollow, overhears an ancient warning and mangles it into full pond-wide scandal, gossip becomes...
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The Lilac Shell Duchess and the Tiny Pond Scandal
Audience: All readers
A jeweled turtle duchess wakes to suspicious bubbles, improper florals, and a pond scandal buried beneath the lily pads for seventy-three summers. In true Ca...
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The Honeysuckle Shellbaby Who Heard the Bees Planning Something
Audience: All readers
Pippa Pearlsnout, a jeweled little shellbaby with far too much confidence and not nearly enough context, overhears the bees whispering about routes, timing, ...
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