# Tortoise — Just So Stories character guide

> Tortoise in Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Slow-and-Solid Tortoise, a Tortoise, the Tortoise

**First appearance:** 0006-the-beginning-of-the-armadillos

## Who they are

A slow tortoise who becomes an armadillo with the hedgehog.

## Relationships

### [Painted Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/painted_jaguar)

_rivalry_

Painted Jaguar and Tortoise are clever adversaries, with Tortoise often outwitting the jaguar in their encounters.

### [Painted Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/painted_jaguar)

_rivalry_

Painted Jaguar and Tortoise are clever adversaries, with Tortoise often outwitting the jaguar in their encounters.

### [Painted Jaguar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/painted_jaguar)

_rivalry_

Painted Jaguar and Tortoise are clever adversaries, with Tortoise often outwitting the jaguar in their encounters.

## In the story

### [The Beginning of the Armadillos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/chapters/the-beginning-of-the-armadillos)

Lives on the Amazon banks, eats lettuces, and collaborates with the Hedgehog to trick the Jaguar. Learns to curl and becomes part of the Armadillo.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters/tortoise
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/just_so_stories_se/characters