Turtles

So today's post is kind of a bonus. Aren't you thrilled?

For the last week I've had a song percolating in my brain about turtles and the tragedies that befall them when they happen to meander across major roadways.
Strange, you say?
Well of course.
Don't you know whose blog this is?

Anyway, the song came about because of two of my nursing school friends. Neither of them directly caused the demise of a turtle, but each witnessed one.
And subsequent distress ensued. (On the girls' parts. The turtles had already "joined the choir invisible," so to speak.)

So the song was born.
And I'm sharing it with you.
And I know you're desperately excited.



Right?




That's ok.
I'll wait for the applause over here.


Oh you shouldn’t leave a turtle on the highway,
That’s just not the place he’d like to be.
The trucks that whizz right by,
Might make a turtle pie,
The turtle mightn’t like that part at all.

Oh you shouldn’t leave a turtle on the highway.
The sun just might not be the turtle’s friend.
The fire in the sky,
Could make the turtle fry,
The turtle might not find that part too swell.


[chorus]
Oh turtles should be left in quiet waters.
In streams and brooks and places by the sea.
So if you see a turtle,
Hitchhiking down the pavement,
Make sure that he’s allowed to stay carefree…


Oh you shouldn’t leave a turtle on the highway.
There’s not much for the turtle to digest.
The lack of tasty food,
Might wreck the turtle’s mood,
The turtle might find this too much to bear.