Snapping Turtle
Date: 25th of May, 2011
Weather: Hot, Sunny
We saw a snapping turtle outside in our driveway, which upon seeing it I grabbed a broom and started to put it near his mouth and he would bite the broom stick. This has shown me that a snapping turtle has the power to take off a finger or toe! Another thing that surprised me was its speed in which it could walk; after leaving it for about 10 minutes I walked outside expecting him to have travelled about 10 feet but I found that it had actually traveled across the yard!
- Jake
The Little Turtle
by Vachel Lindsay
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn't catch me.
