It's a long way, Gnome.

Nudge to the head.

Ignore it.

 

Second doesn't leave a question.

I will give you an image you never want to see upon awakening.

A tortoise giving you a stare.

A close one.

 

Have you ever noticed the beak on a tortoise?

  Not sure if you call it that,

   but it freezes the blood,

     and every time I open my eyes....

"Gnome."

He is still there.

  What did I do to deserve this?

   It wasn't even me,

     or another gnome,

      but they always hound us.

"Gnome."

First,

 they start kidnapping us.

   I never wanted to go to the Amazon.

     It took me three years...

"Gnome!"

Take a breath,

  and a few more.

Ready to plead my case.

Rustle in the overgrowth.

"Follow me.

  You are in need of a Strawberry."

How does a moving rock share such a wicked touch of amusement?

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[Lorry]

I will forever picture the tortoise gnome nemesis number one.
I suppose waking up with a small dinosaur staring through you could be seen as ever so slightly distressing. I know it'd put me off my corn flakes.
Did they send you postcards when they got taken?
I'll keep an eye out for it on my travels Jon 😀

[Jon Roggie]

Picture someone who wakes you up on their lawn, and they shake their head, invite you in, and give you a good brow-beating.