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You just never know what will happen on "Yard Duty." Yesterday I was watching carefully for any yard intruders plus protecting Mrs. S's flowers when out of the corner of my eye I spied something small moving in my driveway. I crept slowly over for a closer look and realized it had a hard shell and a very small head sticking out. I knew what it was because we almost had an accident the other day when one was in the road. Mrs. S had to brake suddenly and just barely missed hitting it. The bad part was I flew off the back seat and hit my head on the seat in front of me. Some people like Mrs. S should learn to drive more carefully!
Mrs. S calls these things with little heads and hard shells; turtles. And also told me they are real busy these days looking for a place to lay their eggs. She warned me about getting too close or one might bite my nose. I remember my porcupine encounter from awhile back and knew how much that hurt my nose when Mr. C had to pull out 12 quills!
As I moved in for a closer look I was confused. The turtle had dug a hole and then seemed to change its mind. It crept slowly in another direction toward the rocks. When I heard "Bella dinner" I knew I had more important things to do than watch a dumb turtle. But its what happened after dinner that really made me mad. That turtle had a lot of nerve.
But never did I ever, ever expect an intruder in my space.
The turtle was just leaving my hole after burying its eggs. Now what am I going to do? Mrs. S is thinking of putting up a little fence to keep me out. This is not fair! I do not want to share my space.
I am writing with the hopes one of you might speak to Mrs. S and tell her a fence is a very bad idea.
Love, Bella
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