The wacking turtle lady!

by Melony Tworth
(MA)

It was a perfect day to go to the beach, it was still spring, and the water was too cold, but it was in the 90s, and my mom said I could bring a friend.

I decided to bring one of my best friends, Heather. We met her at the beach, and we went rollerblading and did some videotaping. When it was time to go we packed everything up, and we were on our way out.

There is a long road that leads to the main road, so we were driving on that road and suddenly, we spot this huge snapping turtle trying to cross the road. Heather and I decide to get out and video tape it. As we were just beginning to video tape it, this 60 year old lady slows down her car, and rolls down her window. She started talking.
"It's not good for a snapping turtle to cross the road, you should hit it with a stick!"

Heather and I were like, "ummmm..."

"Do you want me to come help you?" The lady asked.
We hardly had time to reply before she pulled over to the side of the road got out of her car. She was smoking, and in a baccini. She grabbed a stick.

She had a huge long stick and started tapping the turtle with it, while yelling, "You gotta get out of the road! Your gonna get hurt!"

Heather and I were laughing, and we were video taping the whole thing!

After a few times of hitting the turtle, it snapped at the stick. The lady yelled in a REALLY weird way, so that Heather and I were laughing SOOOOOO hard!

The turtle was slowly inching itself to the side of the road, while the lady was yelling even louder, "You GOT to get out of the road! YOUR GONNA GET HURT!" The lady stopped hitting the turtle for a second and looked at my car. My mom was in the front seat.

"Is that your father?" The lady asked. "Ummmm no," I said. She replied, "is it someone you know?" I was like, "Yeah..."

The lady said, "It's a man?" In a VERY surprised voice. Heather and I were laughing so hard we were crying! My mom stuck her head out the window. The lady was like, "Oh! It's a girl!!"

At that point I've NEVER laughed so hard in my life! The lady proceeded with hitting the turtle, the turtle snapped at her two more times, and each time the lady yelled that weird yell. The turtle FINALLY went to the side of the road!

The lady said, "Phew!" Then threw her stick in the woods. Two seconds later the turtle went under the lady's car! She got it out eventually.

Heather and I got it ALL on tape! We can watch it whenever we want! I've never laughed soooo hard!