A couple of days ago, as I was leaving the research campus with my friend to go home, a woman approached me with her bike. "Excuse me," she said. "By any chance, are you headed that way?" She pointed off in the general direction that was the only way to leave campus. "Why yes." I said. "If it's not too much to ask," she started. "Because my bicycle has a flat tire--" "Sure." I said. "We can fit your bike in here, too."
And with that, we drove a Belgian woman home. She told us about her family back in Belgium and how we have a better education system here and we're more bike friendly than Europe and how she misses her family and Skypes with them in the evenings. We dropped her off and continued on our original route.
Later, as I entered the final stretch of my homeward journey, I saw a large something in the road. As I got closer, I realized it was a large turtle. I quickly pulled off into the shoulder and sprinted back up the road. I darted out and grabbed the very confused and upset turtle, carrying him to the grass he was headed for. I dropped him off and continued on my original route.
A couple of seconds later, a mere few meters from my driveway, I saw a man who had pulled over to the shoulder with car problems. His car must have overheated because he was pouring water into it. But I kept going and went home because I had been working on science all day and I was exhausted.
Two out of three good deeds isn't that bad, I think.
Yesterday, as I was driving to the grocery, I spotted another turtle in the road. I drove right on top of him, in fact. In my rear view mirror I saw that it was another scared turtle. So, naturally, I pulled the most ridiculous u-turn ever conceived which involved crossing literally every single lane of traffic and a slight bit of drifting. I pulled into the opposite shoulder and prepared myself to sprint across the 4 lanes of traffic to grab the turtle and save him.
But then maybe eight cars drove by and crushed him several times and I went home feeling guilty. If I'd been just a little bit faster, I could've saved that turtle. Then again, I guess, if he had been a little bit faster he wouldn't be mushed up.
Then again, he was a turtle.
And with that, we drove a Belgian woman home. She told us about her family back in Belgium and how we have a better education system here and we're more bike friendly than Europe and how she misses her family and Skypes with them in the evenings. We dropped her off and continued on our original route.
Later, as I entered the final stretch of my homeward journey, I saw a large something in the road. As I got closer, I realized it was a large turtle. I quickly pulled off into the shoulder and sprinted back up the road. I darted out and grabbed the very confused and upset turtle, carrying him to the grass he was headed for. I dropped him off and continued on my original route.
A couple of seconds later, a mere few meters from my driveway, I saw a man who had pulled over to the shoulder with car problems. His car must have overheated because he was pouring water into it. But I kept going and went home because I had been working on science all day and I was exhausted.
Two out of three good deeds isn't that bad, I think.
Yesterday, as I was driving to the grocery, I spotted another turtle in the road. I drove right on top of him, in fact. In my rear view mirror I saw that it was another scared turtle. So, naturally, I pulled the most ridiculous u-turn ever conceived which involved crossing literally every single lane of traffic and a slight bit of drifting. I pulled into the opposite shoulder and prepared myself to sprint across the 4 lanes of traffic to grab the turtle and save him.
But then maybe eight cars drove by and crushed him several times and I went home feeling guilty. If I'd been just a little bit faster, I could've saved that turtle. Then again, I guess, if he had been a little bit faster he wouldn't be mushed up.
Then again, he was a turtle.
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Poor turtle.