“Just a few scratches on the boy,” the doctor reassured Timmy’s mother, “nothing serious at all; but you might want to have his eyes examined, because he really should have seen that tortoise coming.”
I’ve been laughing all morning since reading this sentence.
Timmy and the Tortoise. It sounds like you’re about to write a sarcastic children’s story (eg. one children might actually enjoy).
I do kind of like the idea of some likable but dopey kid being run down by a slow-moving tortoise. Maybe gets his glasses knocked off.
Hey, that’s my kid you’re talking about!
I was just checking out a scrine archive and came across this gem. Made me laugh quite heartily.