Love, betrayal and a beautiful carrot. What's been going on in the garden?

Morty is worried. It's hibernation time, and this year he has to face it alone. To make it worse, the cabbage he's found has been seized by a younger, fitter rival. Without food to sustain him through the winter, Morty's future is looking bleak. But he hasn't lived to a ripe old age without having a trick or two up his sleeve...

Talking Tortoise is a dark comedy about the struggle for love and survival, for humans as well as animals. It includes scenes which some readers may find disturbing.