Turtle Power
Dammit! That turtle gave me a
fright! There I was, typing on my computer, when I heard this faint tapping
sound on the floor of the living room. I was a bit scared that it might be a
huge rat but it was too slow to be a rat. Then I saw a long snout, and then saw
the darn turtle! It was the anti-social turtle that Aina christened Frida the
last time they were here. And let me tell you it’s big (It’s approximately as
big as my two hands put together side by side. My hands are huge, too). It’s
not the usual kind of turtle, I don’t even know what kind it is. Basta it’s
soft, with an oddly-shaped head, and a backend that flops down a bit. He looks
a bit slimy.
Man, I thought he was
anti-social! What’s he doing out of his pond? I swear he must be the smartest
of the four because he’s the newest and yet he’s the only one who has ever
successfully climbed out of their “pond”.
He sent me screaming through the
house. I don’t know why I was so scared of him. When he heard me screaming he
promptly withdrew into his shell. I eventually got my dad to take a break from
his siesta (haha) and grab the turtle. I swear I couldn’t do it myself, he just
looks so darn icky. I can’t imagine touching him. Initially he didn’t put up a
fight. And then halfway to the pond he started struggling so my dad dropped
him. And I screamed and cringed…poor turtle. He’s soft e! Then my dad picked
him up again and threw, yes threw, him back into the pond. Ouchies!
And now he’s safely back in his
pond…until he decides to climb out again. I’m afraid he’ll do it tonight. And
we have to figure out how he got out in the first place.
Buti na lang hindi yung other
turtle
(the big, mean one, who is my original pet) ang nakawala. He’s got a
serrated shell and sharp claws and a mean bite (he bit my finger when he was
tiny, and Ihad a hard time shaking him off. It hurt, too).
In other turtle news, yesterday
we were afraid that one of the turtles had died because a few hours after
Manang Edith changed their water, it was foul again. And it usually takes days before
they stink up their water. And the odd thing is, it looked a bit foamy. But we
checked and everybody’s present, alive and kicking! Well, they’re still doing
it. We just changed the water and it’s dirty na ulit. We have to investigate
further…
