Pierre was out “helping” John water the shrubs this morning when John noticed the cat standing stock still, nose stretched out, on high alert. He peeked into the brush, afraid it was a snake, but instead found a small painted box turtle.\u00a0 Pierre’s eyes were huge. The turtle took one look at the big gray tomcat and zpf – faster than you can say turtle – drew head and all four legs neatly into the shell.\u00a0 I wish I’d gotten a photo, but by the time I heard John calling me and ran downstairs, Pierre had gotten bored with his new friend and wandered off.\u00a0 Both Shadow and Pierre spent quite a while sniffing the strange ‘rock’. They seemed to know it was an animal of some sort, but by the look of puzzlement on their faces, couldn’t quite figure it out!<\/p>\n
Mr. Turtle, I am happy to report, was last seen running as fast as his stubby legs could carry him back into the woods. He’s probably telling the same story, albeit from his own perspective, to his turtle-buddies now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pierre was out “helping” John water the shrubs this morning when John noticed the cat standing stock still, nose stretched out, on high alert. He peeked into the brush, afraid it was a snake, but instead found a small painted box turtle.\u00a0 Pierre’s eyes were huge. The turtle took one look at the big gray…<\/p>\n