Harriette is Maggie's turtle and best friend, and she usually knows what Maggie needs. So after only a little while she convinced Maggie to go on a bit of a journey

together


First they came to a meadow.
Every flower here was gleaming,
they were smiling back at the sun
and the sky and everything else there was to smile at.

But Maggie did not look at the flowers.
She was looking back,
towards the darkness of her room.

'Over here Maggie!' said Harriette.

'Just follow the path.'

Maggie did.

She watched her moving feet.
She felt the grass beneath them.
She watched Harriette shuffling steadily.
Then her arms started swinging.

Finally she stopped to smell the flowers.

Next they came to a forest ...