He was a big guy, this turtle. He was slowly making his way across a busy street by my bank. I glanced to my right and was disheartened. Even if he did manage to avoid the cars whizzing by, there was no way he would be able to climb up the tall curb to get to the field across the street– not with his stubby legs and heavy shell.
This made me sad. He was on a suicide mission. He didn’t realize it but I did because I had a higher perspective. I considered turning around to ‘save him’ but I hadn’t much success with my attempts to save these misguided creatures in the past.