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Good Deed

As I got close to home, I noticed a car part way pulled off the road, a young guy out of the car and something in front of the car…. I thought he’d hit something. But as I got up closer – it was a BIG snapping turtle — like about 15-18″ of snapping turtle!

So I got to a place I could turn around and went back. Got out and asked if he needed a hand. He was cute – told me how he hadn’t hit it but he didn’t know if it had been hit. He warned me several times to stay away from the biting end! He was trying to figure out how to move it and had found a big piece of something automotive that he thought he could sort of corral and pull it with.

Well, says I, I have a big plastic drop cloth in my car — and some bubble wrap too – would that work better?

Yes he thought it would. So I got it and we slid and rolled the big turtle onto the drop cloth (being careful of that big head) and the two of us carried it across the road and put it over the guard rail. (I mentioned what Naomi had taught me last year about moving turtles in the direction they’re originally pointing, otherwise they return to their original path…) He rolled it back onto its feet. I couldn’t see that it had been smooshed by anything before we got there, so I think all will be well.

I said — well that’s our good deed for the day!

And then we both went on our way, all fingers and toes intact.