Caught on a Line - Thursday Prompt Story [#17, 27/4/23]
It was lucky, then, that jiraen just so happened to be an excellent listener, and ever since they became friends, the snapping turtle had been there for the dragon, hearing out his every word.
Trouble with Turtle
On the opposite side there was my terrarium with a common snapping turtle. her name was olivia. all right, this is a stupid name for a turtle but i like it. she was an old and big one her shell was almost 14" long. - hello honey! - i welcomed her.
Surface (Chapter 2)
Elizabeth had been part snapping turtle, part hermit crab.
Stealin' Away
"remember when you wrestled that snapping turtle to the grass? you didn't know it was a snapping turtle ... " field giggle-squeaked, looking at the horizon. squinting. "yeah," he said quietly. "turtle." pause.
Sleeping in Light
To the grass and cattails, only to discover ... ... it was a snapping turtle! snappy-snap! snap! withdrawn paw! barely! the turtle glaring.
Weird dream
A snapping turtle looking anthro. honestly, it looked like the teenage mutant turtles except more scary looking' and bigger. anyways, it was scary to see a freaking huge thing that close to me so i did the natural thing. run.
In the Neon Glow
Five more streets, four, three, a left turn and a great leap over a dead snapping turtle with leds in his back like spears, two streets, one street! she used the wall to jump off of and help her turn down the street.
Raquel's Trade Pt. 3
A brief image of his mentor behaving like the less-evolved snapping turtles filled his mind, but he shook it quickly. "so you agree that there's no legitimate way the raquels could have remained hidden from public view."
Personal Space
Part snapping turtle, part hermit crab, elizabeth would've been the first to tell mano that she should've been airing out her pain then and there, no matter what anyone else thought. it'd been something the cephalopod envied her, weirdly.
Scurrying in Place
The snapping turtles. the sycamores. the red bi-plane. the green twine. the cottonwoods snows. the thistle and the clover. the round bales. oh, the cottonwood snows! three weeks hence! how longed for them ... the snows. the day.
Marsh Brawl
His head, upper shell, and front arms are those of an alligator snapping turtle! his lower shell, tail, and rear legs are those of a tortoise.
Swoon
Had wrestled snapping turtles in the creek. he knew about life and death. saw it daily ... in the plants and animals around him. had, since an early age, come to know the earth. the cycles of it. how one grew food. where it came from.