Over the years, Turtle gets covered in spaghetti, splattered by mud, chewed by a puppy, and much more-- but the boy still loves him. Turtle has become his security blanket, as well as his best friend. But one day Turtle suffers a horrible rip that the boy can't repair. The boy decides he doesn't need his old chewed up, sewn up, taped up, ripped up raggedy turtle anymore. But when he tries to sleep at night, he begins to think otherwise!