why do I hate snapping turtles so much? Maybe because their snout? Maybe their mouth? Their nose? Shell? Fiery spirit? No, No, No, No, No, and No! They hate me! A lot! They are my nemesis'. How does this sound: Tom and jerry, roadrunner and wild-e-coyote, Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, Red Sox and Yankees, David Kelley and snapping turtles. Got a good ring to it, huh? Anyways, Let me tell you a super sped-up summery of my first of many turtle troubles... So, we were driving down the road, and saw a turtle stuck in the road. My mom, crazy as can be, told me to bring the turtle out of the road. Then, we tried to nudge the turtle out with a car seat. Of course, that didn't work. Then I got told by my mom to try to pick it up with my hands, and it almost tried to bite me! I was scared like heck! I almost left there that day with 9 fingers! Then this guy drove up in a big ford truck. (Surprisingly, the guy could drive home in the ford!) He had a big pole and tried to push it out, but it actually followed it. Then it finally walked out! But that was not the end of the turtle terror...on
once upon a time, About a year ago, There was a beautiful day. The birds were singing, the sun was shining; It was about the same weather as the same book. But I wasn't dropping my brother off at a friends house, It was at camp!It is a very nice camp up on Millinocket Lake in Baxter State Park, Maine's largest state park, Home of the great Mount Katahdin! Ok, i don't want this to turn into a socialstudies lesson, SO, as i was saying, It was a great camp, where great memories are made. Well, this memory was not so swell...
camp. A place where people like you and I go to have fun and get pulled away from the stresses of life, like work and video games (even though I brought my kindle fire) Also it is a place to focus on the gems of life, like relaxation and the great outdoors. Most importantly, getting scared to death by mammoth snapping turtles...
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"Ok! here I come!"I darted down the hill, dodging rocks and tree stumps and more rocks left and right, trying not to fall over. After running through the minefield, there was a straightaway of dock*, then SPLASH! The water was cool and refreshing. I could feel the little fishies slip on the side of my leg, while my toes sunk in the sand. the sand felt relaxing. Then luke came.He made a huge splash that could make the sun die out by how much of a splash he made! Then he swam up to me."Do you want to go have a swim race?""Sure! lets go to the dock and start the race"So we swam over to the dock, and went into a starting position. I would hear the fishies cheer me on as they were under a rock, like they were on bleachers."3...2...1..............................................GO!"
We pushed off the dock, making it rattle a bit. then we starting to swim like crazy! luke made big splashes while he was kicking, so it distracted me by getting in my eyes. Then, while I was trying super hard to catch up with luke, my arm landed on something hard like a rock. At that point I thought to myself, just eat me snapping turtle.
When I saw that ugly piece of cra... junk, I panicked. I felt like I just slapped a Great White Shark. A big one, to. When i slapped it right on the shell trying to swim, it instantly turned into a race back to the dock. It was super scary: i didn't know that snapping turtles could swim so fast! I cut through the water, trying to flee from the reptilious michael phelps. it tried to catch up to me, but when we got to shore, he(or she) had an absolutely no chance of getting me. After that, I darted up the hill, dodging rocks and tree stumps and more rocks left and right, trying not to fall over. After running through the minefield again, I looked down and the turtle was barely off the beach that i ran off of."Suckahh!" I yelled at the turtle. he deserved it.Luke, oblivious to everything, didn't know that a snapping turtle that was bigger than him (shocking) was allegedly TRYING TO KILL ME! So he just floated on the water, waiting for me to come. He was super confused. Why was he running away? He thought. As i've known for all the years of living, Luke is as clueless as a kid in a veggie market.
After I saw Luke being, uh, something thats bad, I went inside the camp and saw my dad sitting on a chair in the sunroom looking out on the water reading an Uncle Henry's."Dad! You won't nearly believe what just happend! I was swimming with Luke, and I saw an enormous snapping turtle bigger than you (even more shocking) and it chased after me in the water! It was way scary!""Neat," Dad moaned. "Be there in a minute." Then he fell asleep, with the uncle henrys laying on his head. I thought that He was no use, so i walked outside, and saw that the turtle wasn't there! I think he left to scare the crap out of people in another camp on the lake...
