I had this idea a while ago for a picture of a tortoise stuck on his back while other tortoises walked past unheeding of his plight. Once the picture was done, I couldn't for the life of me come up with a Bible verse to go with that picture or imagine what story it was telling. A few weeks ago it occurred to me that the image could be very well grafted on to the story of The Good Samaritan, but then this produced the further question of which creature could take the place of the Samaritan. Tortoises have their natural enemies, to be sure, but how to show a bird of prey or a fox running towards an inverted tortoise without making it look like the tortoise was under attack?
Then the story of the Tortoise and the Hare crossed my mind. Why not have the tortoise stuck on his back, unable to continue with the race, the other tortoises continuing with the race unheeding of his plight, and the hare running towards him to help get him on his feet?
