Day 13  We got two little red eared sliders from a road side stand.  Honestly I didn't think they would live very long.  Now we have had them about six months.  I know they are not tortoises, they are turtles.  But, I still think of the story of the tortoise and the hare when I watch them, and the phrase "the slow and steady win the race".   These turtles are not slow, they get around pretty quickly.  But what really gets me is their persistance.  They will put their nose against the glass and swim as hard as they can.  I really thought that they would give up but here we are six months into this and they still try to push their way through the glass.  They just don't give up.  If these little turtles can do it, so can I.