A Turtle's Tale

<p class=ql-align-justify>I walked over a footbridge of a canal close to my neighborhood. Under the bridge was a long canal used to keep rainwater from flooding the walkways. At times I would stop on the bridge and look over into the ravine. I would often see turtles climbing on the rocks. Then off they would go into the shallow water just off the muddy bank.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>One day construction workers began cleaning out the canal. They were preparing to tear down the footbridge and expand it. I wondered how all of the work would impact the turtles. When I asked a worker no one seemed to notice must less to care for the lives of those creatures.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>I kept imagining what the turtles must be thinking. I wondered how the workers would feel if one day they woke up in the body and shell of a turtle. How would they survive as helpless creatures surrounded by machinery and forced out of their homes?</p><p>Join me on a journey through <em>A Turtle's Tale</em> where my imaginings come to life bridging the gap between creatures in our beautiful world.</p><p><br></p>