Melvin was a turtle born into a most unusual circumstance. After weeks of concentration and furious effort, he finally cracked through his egg to find himself along a major highway.
As it does every summer day in west Texas, the sun began heating up the pavement. This made Melvin uncomfortable, and he started thinking about moving on. Before he could make a plan, he heard something clamp down on his halfshell, and felt some hot breath in his ear. "Hay-Zeus, what on earth... what on earth are you doing? Let go of that!" And with that, Melvin was released from the jaws of Hay-Zeus, a lumbering bloodhound with a knack for tripping over his own ears. A man grabbed Hay-Zeus by the scruff, and checked his mouth and gums for anything else he might have picked up. Seeing nothing, he turned his attention to Melvin. "Now what kind of a dimwit turtle hangs out on the highway? Well c'mon, c'mon in the truck, I'll give you a ride down the road."
As it does every summer day in west Texas, the sun began heating up the pavement. This made Melvin uncomfortable, and he started thinking about moving on. Before he could make a plan, he heard something clamp down on his halfshell, and felt some hot breath in his ear. "Hay-Zeus, what on earth... what on earth are you doing? Let go of that!" And with that, Melvin was released from the jaws of Hay-Zeus, a lumbering bloodhound with a knack for tripping over his own ears. A man grabbed Hay-Zeus by the scruff, and checked his mouth and gums for anything else he might have picked up. Seeing nothing, he turned his attention to Melvin. "Now what kind of a dimwit turtle hangs out on the highway? Well c'mon, c'mon in the truck, I'll give you a ride down the road."
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