Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Maya Melamed 8- turtle storytime






Here is a story about how I almost ran over a turtle.

Two days ago at night, I had to drive to Target to go pick something up. My little brother wanted to come with me so he did. I was driving out of the neighborhood, it was all normal but pretty dark since it was night, and all of a sudden... there was a huge turtle on the street. Because it was dark I only saw the turtle at the last second and was so close so running it over. I ended up swerving to the side super last minute and got so close to someone's mailbox. Because it was so last second I couldn't tell my brother that I was gonna move like that. He was on his phone and when he looked up he just saw a mailbox coming his way so he was confused. I ended up not hitting the turtle or the mailbox which was good. As I was driving to the target, I was just thinking and hoping no one would run over the turtle since it was very hard to see him. After picking up what I needed at Target, I started driving back home. My brother and I were talking and were wondering if the turtle was okay. I had the idea to go back and see if the turtle was still there. I went back to where I saw him but could not see him anymore. I hope the turtle is okay. I definitely did not expect to see that on my way to Target.

Have you ever seen an animal on the street?

3 comments:

  1. Hi Maya, this story is very cool cuz we usually only see iguanas or rodents on the road. I love turtles and I'm really glad no person, mailbox, or animal was hurt. I've been seeing a lot of roadkill lately. Like there's been this chopped up possum on the corner of Military and Clint Moore. How lovely right!

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  2. That's a very scary story. I hope that nobody else ran over the turtle. I have never run over an animal before, but I would be fine running over an iguana because they are an invasive species that is only bad for Florida.

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  3. This sounds so scary! One time when I was driving at night I didn't see a huge frog until the last second and I'm pretty sure I drove over it. I didn't want to go back because if I did kill it I would've been so sad, so I'm happy you missed the turtle.

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