There was a little turtle.

He lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle.

He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped at a minnow.

And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

But he didn’t catch me.

— Vachel Lindsay —The Little Turtle (Representative Poetry Online)

My kids (ages almost 3 and almost 7) like this poem.

Anyone know how to pronounce “Vachel”?