Turtle Tots React - Bedtime stories

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Bolly! A new, shiny Turtle Tots React!   I can’t believe it! 
Okay, I know that I don’t really have a schedule for when I post these things, but this one felt long overdue.

I have to admit that I’ve gotten a lot more suggestions to make a TTR to bedtime than bedtime stories, but I really, really liked the latter idea. And I had some technical difficulties with how to draw the bedtime one… In my head, all the turtles slept together in the same room when they were tots, and didn't get their own beds until they were a little older.   Also, it’s hard to make an individual “tucking in”-moment for each turtle if their brothers are crowding the area as well. And not to mention how to fit in Splinter…
So for some reason, drawing all four tots and Splinter in every panel was “easier”. I don’t know what’s wrong with me either...

While working on this, I realized that it would be fun to write the text-blocks in rhyme to mimic the format of some classic children’s books. Mainly Dr Seuss. … The only problem is that I’ve never read Dr Seuss.   I’ve seen the Grinch-movie and I’ve… Myeah, that’s about it.  
So I had to read up on those stories to see what the rhymes looked like. … and I never thought I’d have to learn the concept of poetic meter in order to make a reference to “The cat in the hat”...! My rhythm and syllables are probably all over the place in a "pretend tetrameter", but you can’t say that I didn’t try. I tried…  

Michelangelo is way more into comics than books, mainly because of the pictures. Though since he can’t read yet, he’ll mainly just look at the pages until he can get Splinter to read them out loud for him. The sound effects too. The sounds are important.  

Leonardo may like the Japanese stories, but the thing he really likes is the way Splinter tells them. The book isn’t in English, which means that Splinter is translating as he reads it. But since Splinter knows many of the stories by heart, he isn’t as much reading them as telling them from his memory. Giving it his own voice instead of the author’s. And lil’ Leo can hear that daddy likes these stories too.  

Donatello doesn’t mind a good bedtime story, but if you let this little obsessive compulsive bundle of brains pick the nightly literature, he’ll get a book on whatever subject he’s currently interested in. He can read fairly well for his young age and has a craving to see the text. And read the text. And hold the book while reading the text.  

Raphael has a soft spot for stories with princes and princesses. He does enjoy the Japanese tales just as much as Leo, but Raph often ends up picking the book with fairytales since he knows that Leo always will pick the Japanese one. He denies having any interest in the romantic aspect of the story, and claims to just like how the bad guy “bites it” after being so mean to the girl.  

But of course (as always) everything here is up to everyone's own interpretation.

These reactions were partly based on some suggestions from . 
Thank you!

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Disclaimer
I am not the owner or creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
This work is purely fan made and has no affiliation with the official release or merchandise.
I make no monetary gain from this artwork. This drawing is only made out of appreciation and love for the characters it depictures.