the case of the disappearing turtle
Jun. 13th, 2018 05:02 amThe building I work in is on a dead-end street, and it’s nice to take a short walk down to the end and back before I start my day. Last week I started my walk, and as I got towards the far end, I realized there was something in the road. A TURTLE. (Small turtle. Maybe about 6 inches long?)
I was going to take a picture, but when I got closer it got nervous and tucked everything in, so it would have sort of looked like a picture of a rock on asphalt, which didn’t seem super impressive. But it seemed to be headed across the road, and it was not very far across. A couple feet? Definitely less than 25%.
And I thought THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE. I was gonna help that lil’ turtle cross the road! But first I thought maybe I should double check my ‘help a turtle cross the road’ info, so I pulled up the google box and did a quick review while I popped down to the end of the road. (There are no more buildings that far down the road, so it’s not like the turtle was in imminent danger of getting run over.)
It was probably less than two minutes by the time I got back, ready to rock and roll with my turtle assisting. But it was GONE! Not in the road, not on either side of the road (that I could see). WAS THERE EVER A TURTLE AT ALL?
So as far as I can figure out, the turtle was totally faking it when I walked by the first time, all ‘oh woe is me, the road is so wide, and I am so small, however will I get over to the side of my dreams?’ And then as soon as I passed by, it hustled itself right across. Well played, turtle. Well played indeed.
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