Turtle Adventure

Yesterday morning I stepped into our garage and discovered a turtle. This is not unusual due to the fact that we live 1/2 a block from a lake filled park. I decided to let it be in peace and moved on to the rest of my day. Later that afternoon, Dylan and I were playing in the back yard when we heard a loud commotion from the garage. It seemed that our turtle friend had knocked over a few things in his explorations and was thoroughly freaked out! This concerned Dylan quite a lot so we decided to take action. Dylan and I carried our little reptile buddy to the end of the block to Larry the Biologist's house. We asked Larry if he thought we should call the department of wild life or just take the little guy over to the park. He told us that what we had was a mud turtle and that he was likely from the park to begin with. We decided to take him home. It was very sweet how concerned Dylan was as we got there ("Were will he sleep? What will he eat?" etc). We let him go in the grass and despite the general perception of turtles, the little guy hightailed it back to the lake.