Update Anika's Traveling Turtle to make clear we don't need more reports.

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 [[img cover.jpg size="300x300" class="right"]]
 
-Confession time.
-
 ## Background
 
 Cameron has a good friend named Anika Willis. They first met as
@@ -20,37 +18,25 @@ enough that we were able to spend some great Thanksgiving holidays
 together. Now, we all miss each other terribly since we're in Oregon
 while they're in North Carolina.
 
-## The problem
+## The turtle
 [[img introduction.jpg size="300x300" class="left"]]
 A couple of months ago, we received Anika's Traveling Turtle in the
 mail, (look at the adorable message she wrote to introduce it). The
 plan was that we would write an entry about an animal and mail it on
 to someone else to do the same. We even took it with us on our Spring
 Break trip to the coast with full intentions to add an entry right
-away. But "the best-laid plans" and all that. Cameron has now made a
+away. But "the best-laid plans" and all that. Cameron did make a
 nice entry on the life cycle of a frog, and Hyrum did the same for
-salmon. But we don't have time to let the turtle do any more
+salmon. But we didn't have time to let the turtle do any more
 traveling, (at least not through snail mail).
 
-## A plea for help
-
-This web page is our last chance to help out Anika by letting her
-turtle do a little bit of virtual traveling. It is a bit embarrassing
-to be asking people to help on a tight deadline, when the only reason
-for expediency was our own failure to act quickly. So, please, nobody
-should feel any obligation to do anything.
-
-But if anybody would be interested and willing to help, we would
-really appreciate it. Here are Anika's original instructions:
-
-> Please write (type) about an animal in your area or one that you are
-> intrigued about. It doesn't have to be a lengthy report, just some
-> specifics that will help me learn more about some animal life cycles
-> (birth to adult). Please be sure that your paper is signed with your
-> name, city, and state.
+## Thanks for the help
 
-If anyone would be willing to do that, please just type a quick email
-to stacy@theworths.org and Stacy will print them out, paste them
-into Anika's book, and then send the results back to Anika.
+This web page was our last chance to help out Anika by letting her
+turtle do a little bit of virtual traveling. Several people responded
+by writing up various animals, (bobcat, Tasmanian devil, etc.), and
+sending those in. We really appreciate that!
 
-Thanks so much!
+Stacy has now sent the turtle back to Anika, and hopefully it arrived
+there safely. So we don't need any more animal reports. But thanks
+again for the help.