The Towering Truth

An Untrue Watchtower

Old Terrapin, the High and Mighty Low,

addressed bold Pound with words as brave could show:

"Of Mighty Yertle's fall,

please do, O Pound, recall,

and make me not past proper limits go."

The word "true" can mean "straight," as any carpenter would tell you. This implies that "untrue" would indicate "leaning," in this context, anyway. A leaning tower! But turtles all the way down . . .