The things I do for love


I was asked if I could look after two tortoises for a week,
She said "all they do is eat and sleep".
Well I'm always up for a challenge, as several people know,
So I said "Okay I will give it a go".
I thought It was easy, what could possibly go wrong?
Till I got up next morning to a terrible pong.
I had to clean the cage out and to clean them up too,
So I put them in the garden, what else could I do?
But I didn't realise they could move so fast,
I finally managed to catch them, and put them back in the cage at last.

— Gillian Reid