I rescued/ adopted a small tortoise Monday night from my friend's church. This poor little guy was injured in a pond by vicious snapping turtle ( turtle with alligator sharp teeth ) and lost his right hind leg. Also his left eye is not able to see either. He was confined in a small metal cage. So I volunteer to take him home to live in my back yard. I feel like Urashima Taro (浦島太郎).在朋友的教堂看到一個鏽跡斑駁的小鐵籠, 一碟水、兩顆草苺, 半塊空心樹幹. 不禁好奇地看看躲起來的是誰? 大概是小兔子吧? 想不到是隻小烏龜!
不忍看它被關著, 多事地建議讓小傢伙出來走走. 朋友才告訴我, 它的右後腳和左眼都被鱷龜咬傷了, 它不太能保護自己. 一把它放在草地上, 小傢伙驚慌失措, 偏著頭奮力以三隻腳往前爬 (右眼要觀察兩邊動靜), 只得拉長了脖子… 好可愛的小勇士. 朋友徵求牧師同意後讓我帶它回家.
Kalven也好高興我們能給它一自由安全的家. 願眾生” 無有眾苦, 但受諸樂” (緣起: 佛說阿彌陀經). 爸爸幫它取了名字, 大哥叫Timmy, 在2000到我們家, 已往生的小烏龜是Tomi (日本名字, 阿嬤賜名: 男孩兒是” 富”, 女孩兒是” 富子” à 夏目漱石的” 我是貓” 中也有個嬌生慣養的金田富子), 他將是 Max!
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