Wednesday 10 March 2010

A little s-hello.

Another day on the road, another creature throwing itself out in front of me. This time a small tortoise. I spotted it just as we were bearing down on it, with another 4x4 coming towards us. Slamming on my brakes I hoped the other vehicle would miss it. It did. But then an even bigger truck came up behind me (rush hour on the dirt road to Manyiseni clinic) and went to go round me, on a direct course for the shelled proverbial chicken. With hardly a moment's thought, I hopped out, dashed in to the road and snatched him up to safety. As my thanks he hid as far as possible inside his shell whilst I carefully placed him down on the other side.

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