Every day things happen as they do every other day. We become
comfortable with the routines that determine our lives accepting the
characters we meet on a daily basis. The bus ride commutes into town,
the quiet man who always reads to himself, and the acceptance that he
was nobody special: a man of no consequence. That was every day. Written
off by the two loud women who dominated the back seat at the end of the
bus, how could he be anyone important? But it's strange how things
change, even our perception of other people, once we get to understand
that they too are human and have their gifts and skills. And who is he?
And how important could he be to the very women who mocked him on the
bus? He of course, is a man with a very important mission The Tortoise
Keeper is the short story of a special man, like all people are; a quiet
and patient steward intent on saving what could be lost. It is an
environmental tale and a Christian story, centered on our perceptions of
others based on their outward appearance. As after all, appearances can
be deceptive. It is also written to set a series of challenges for us
all for we need to change if our species is to survive. It's also a book
about tortoises.
