Now it happens that turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural.
The esperanzas know that and don't bother themselves about it.
The famas know it, and make fun of it.
The cronopios know it, and each time they meet a turtle, they haul out the box of colored chalks, and on the rounded blackboard of the turtle's shell they draw a swallow.


Historias de Cronopios y de Famas (1962)

Julio Cortázar Quotes

Now it happens that turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural. The esperanzas know that and don't bother themselves about it. The famas...

Now it happens that turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural. The esperanzas know that and don't bother themselves about it. The famas...

Now it happens that turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural. The esperanzas know that and don't bother themselves about it. The famas...

Now it happens that turtles are great speed enthusiasts, which is natural. The esperanzas know that and don't bother themselves about it. The famas...