The Truth About Stories by Thomas King

Author:Thomas King [King, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SOC021000
ISBN: 9780816646272
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Published: 2003-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

IV

A MILLION PORCUPINES

CRYING IN THE DARK

THERE IS A STORY I KNOW. It’s about the earth and how it floats in space on the back of a turtle. I’ve heard this story many times, and each time someone tells the story, it changes. Sometimes the change is simply in the voice of the storyteller. Sometimes the change is in the details. Sometimes in the order of events. Other times it’s the dialogue or the response of the audience. But in all the tellings of all the tellers, the world never leaves the turtle’s back. And the turtle never swims away.

One time, it was in Trois-Rivières I think, a man in the audience who was taking notes asked about the turtle and the earth. If the earth was on the back of a turtle, what was below the turtle? Another turtle, the storyteller told him. And below that turtle? Another turtle. And below that? Another turtle.

The man quickly scribbled down notes, enjoying the game, I imagine. So how many turtles are there? he wanted to know. The storyteller shrugged. No one knows for sure, she told him, but it’s turtles all the way down.

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