Alonsy had spent the better part of the morning trying to get the tortoise to turn around and perambulate in the right direction.
Then it struck him. Even if he did, he was never going to make it in time!
They would have to start the opera without him.
[From the Toulouse Le Grandfig Collection]
[…] From the Necrobiblia collection: Hand-holding | At the bottling plant | Rozie | The Pillage People | How the world ends | At the abbatoir | Gunter tries again | The love that dare not | Catholic school | Alonsy is late | Pure Lain Follies | The Team Picks a Name […]