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WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17. 1962 MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOBD, OREGON Small iJfSl Worlds P ;7J Around RECONDITIONED SPARK PLUGS Rag. 49c 3 for Us By Lynn W. Watkint OUlitr Trlbun. ByndlciU, 1X2) 10 B CANDY BARS P BOX OF 24 GC0 V CHOICE JVpp" , i i ervw i a tor ezz&m mi rKCiLKirnuM ukuu 2s uke i i Might B. Dumb Turile But Ha Won His Point In many tections ol the Southeastern United Slates lives the land tortoise, com monly called a gopher turtle. He dislikes water, utters a peculiar cry when injured, and lives in a deep hole in the ground which he digs him self . . . always on land that Is very dry and sandy. He is related to the giant tortoise of the Galapagos Islands, and like them, i true land turtle. He blunders along in the pinelands on awkward club feet more suit ed to digging than to walking. He feeds on weeds, grass, leaves and insects. Some are not averse to killing and eat ing a mouse, a shrew or frog. Like all the turtle clan, the gopher tortoise is pretty stu pid. Those ' who know him well say he is about as dumb as he could possibly be and still live. It would seem ridiculous to credit one of these creatures with the faint est shred of sense. Yet one performed a series of actions so unusual that it seemed worthy of public rec ord. The incidents happened directly under the observation of a lady who had a wall enclosed patio as a part of her back yard. Turtl At Work The lady had been gather ing flowers in her garden when she notice a gopher tur tle digging a hole under a bush. She had no idea where it came from or why, but it acted very much at home. The lady thought the turtle must be very old because of the dilapidated appear a n c e; its shell was badly broken around the edges. Investigation, however, dis closed the fact that the turtle was not old, but what few years it had lived had evi dently been tough. Only a section of the tail remained. One club foot was completely healed, although at one time It had been badly damaged. Several claws on other feet were missing; the head, too, had been. tarn open at one time, but had healed. The animal moved slowly, even after being quiet under the bush for several days. When it moved at all. It did so with apparent effort, as if every step was a trying or deal. The lady thought the tiredness was the result of the animal having crawled a great distance before it arrived in the garden. i The lady allowed the turtle to. remain, and it seemed dis posed to stay. She figured, however, the patio was no place for a turtle, so one after noon she picked the animal tip and carried it down the street a couple of blocks where a small grove of trees grew beside a drainage ditch. She put the animal down and returned home. Weeds and small growth offered some protection: there was plenty of grass to eat. The lady thought she had per formed a favor. Back In Garden By evening th inrii. back in the garden under the same bush. The follnwin. hu she again took the unprolesl ing turtle in hand and tried "gain. I his time she carried him across two streets and on uwwii nm man uvra .iiu blocks. She placed the turtle on me ground and headed him away from her home, she linr. ned back the way she had come confident that she was at last free of her silent vjai liir. Th. ,,. . . '" Ai-any me lurne was back under the bush. He was wane wnen she found him, but seemed as tired as ever. There Is no rcmnnni,i planatlon for the behavior of hi supposedly stupid turtle Neither can his actions be en 'y insimcuve as none of ancestors ever lived In a patio. Why he came to the garden In the first place is not as mys terious as why he returned, or why he wanted to rem.it. in that shallow hole under the bush. Anyway. It's home now, fnr the lady has resigned herself to her tired, silent visitor and roomer. 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