The turtle

Subject: Physics

Concept: Conservation of Energy

A small turtle had withdrawn its limbs into its shell and was practicing meditation with its eyes closed. A dove, chatty and peaceful, saw the turtle and said, “What are you doing?” The turtle said, “I am practicing meditation to get fresh energy to fly.” “Why do you want to fly?” asked the dove. “I want to see the world,” said the turtle, “and I can hardly travel and move much.” “But do you not know the law of conservation of energy,” said the dove. “What is conservation of energy?” asked the turtle. The dove said, “Well you want to create new energy to fly, but this is not possible according to conservation of energy. Because energy can only be transferred, stored or dissipated but never created or destroyed and this is the conversation of energy – you will not be able to create new energy to fly.” “Oh,” said the turtle and bought its limbs into the sunlight again.