"Sure, sure honey."
"No, there really is a turtle on the deck."
"Sweatheart, a turtle could never climb that steep flight of stairs to get on the deck. It must be something else."
"LOOK!!!"
"Alright, alright, let's go see."
Sure enough, there was an upside down turtle on the second story deck. It was covered in a mystery slobber...hmmmm. ASTRO!!
Fortunately, the turtle's shell appeared to have provided adequate defense against Astro's gastronomic urges. The girls wanted to keep the turtle but Bill and I convinced them that we should give him/her the gift of freedom. We found an empty box to transport the turtle out of our yard and to a nearby creek area.
We checked back later and the turtle had moved on. I'm counting this as a successful animal rescue.
Failed wild animal rescues: 2
2 comments:
Don't forget the many whales you saved at my side in the late 70's and early 80's. I think your animal rescue quota should go up!
Did we actually save any whales or did my mom just buy tons of whale merchandise?? ha!!
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