A couple takes their dog for a reluctant walk on a warm day, carefully avoiding picnics in the park. After the walk, the husband discovers their tortoise flipped over in the garden for the second time recently. While trying to put away a rake, the husband steps on it accidentally, leading to a humorous yet painful incident where the rake handle strikes his face. Feeling humiliated, he considers slapstick as the purest form of embarrassment while deciding to keep the incident a secret from others.
On a weekend afternoon with the temperature at 30C, a couple reluctantly takes their dog for a walk, avoiding picnics in the park to prevent chaos.
After a tiring walk, the narrator finds their tortoise upside down in the garden for the second time in six weeks, leading to thoughts about its carelessness.
Attempting to put away a rake, the narrator inadvertently steps on its tines, resulting in humiliation as it hits them in the face and swells their lip.
The narrator reflects on the incident as a pure form of slapstick humiliation, deciding to keep it secret, despite sharing the mishap with their child.
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