Kinfolks
“They’re trying to drag a struggling turtle the width of a serving platter out of the pond. Last night they stretched a trot line baited with chicken necks across the pond. This morning fourteen forty-pound snapping turtles were thrashing from the hooks. I shudder, thinking about my recent laps in those waters.
The trick is to grab the tail, which Len has just accomplished. The turtle’s scaly legs are clawing at thin air as his jaws chomp wildly, longing for a hunk of Len’s leg. Len hauls th...e writhing creature up the bank to the dam, lays him on the ground, steps on the front of the shell to pin his neck, and pounds in his head with the edge of a board. Then he drops the twitching reptile into a gunnysack and ties it shut.
The turtle man will make big bucks selling these monsters to fancy restaurants for savory soups and stews (which I’ll never eat again). If he ever gets out of the mud, that is. He’s mired in it to his knees. Having just one arm, he can’t pull himself out.MoreLess
The trick is to grab the tail, which Len has just accomplished. The turtle’s scaly legs are clawing at thin air as his jaws chomp wildly, longing for a hunk of Len’s leg. Len hauls th...e writhing creature up the bank to the dam, lays him on the ground, steps on the front of the shell to pin his neck, and pounds in his head with the edge of a board. Then he drops the twitching reptile into a gunnysack and ties it shut.
The turtle man will make big bucks selling these monsters to fancy restaurants for savory soups and stews (which I’ll never eat again). If he ever gets out of the mud, that is. He’s mired in it to his knees. Having just one arm, he can’t pull himself out.MoreLess
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