Burn My Time
~Josh Houghtelin
I saved a turtle from impending doom!
I scooped this little guy up off the middle of road and set him on the edge of a pond out of the way. He gets to live another day! Since Zippy just left for Minnesota to be with her dad for a little while I couldn’t help but to remember living across Edna Lake from her where there were a serious abundance of these little guys. My brother and I used to run around with the neighbor kids collecting up a bunch of these little box turtles and ‘testing’ them out to see which ones were the fastest to bring to Nisswa’s Turtle Races. I think it cost something like $5 to get in and the top prize was $50 for each race I believe. The Turtle Races used to be a highlight of the summer.
I don’t think this guy would come out of his shell to race. I’d put him back and find myself a more proactive turtle. ^_^
