A little later they passed Sparrow.
“Are you looking for something?” asked Sparrow.
“Yes, Sparrow, I’m looking for my house. Have you seen it, by any chance?”
Sparrow said: “No, I haven’t, but I’ll help you look!”

He flapped his wings and he whizzed away.
“But you’re going too fast for me,” complained Tortoise.

Sparrow came back. “Alright, then I’ll hop on too.”
Tortoise carried on, with Snail and Sparrow perched on his shell. They looked and looked, but there was no sign of a house. The sun had inched lower in the sky. ‘’