I was driving home after work, in a line of about ten cars on a busy two lane road. Suddenly, I spot a large turtle in full retract mode, in the middle of my lane. I hold my breath as the cars ahead of me straddle it (it is not moving, a smart idea), and I follow suit. Here goes the thought pattern: "Somebody needs to move that poor thing. (mumbling inner voice about being tired, wanting to get home, etc) Oh crap, I better turn around."
I pull in a drive, and head back, hoping no one has swerved to flatten the poor thing. To my surprise, the turtle was gone! Despite Foffdaughter's teasing implications that my driving is so slow the turtle crawled away, the only possible explanation was another human picked it up. As long as it wasn't for consumption, this makes me feel better about my species... a rare event.
No comments:
Post a Comment