Alex rode his bike on his way home, and Johnson's Pond came into view.
Sometimes his dad took him canoeing(划独木舟) there, and Alex loved it. The pond was always alive with activity, and sometimes Alex discovered turtles(乌龟) sunbathing on suing rocks Alex as curious about turtles. When it was too rainy to go canoeing, he often went to the library to check out books on turtles,
Now it looked like tomorrow might be another sunny day. He decided to ask Dad if they could go canoeing and look for turtles again. Suddenly Alex saw something in the road up ahead. It looked like a big gray rock. But it was a funny place for a rock to be. He jumped off to have a look.
And then, the rock started to move! It was actually a large turtle slowly making its way across the road! Alex knew right away it was a snapping turtle.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a car approaching The turtle was still only halfway across the road Alex knew he couldn't pick it up because snapping turtles have a powerful bite and they could even bite off someone's finger! What could he do?
Thinking fast, he started waving both hands wildly. "Stop! Stop!" he cried. The car slowed to a stop.
"Are you alight, Alex?" It was his neighbor, Mrs. Ramos.
"I'm fine, Mrs. Ram's." said Alex. "I'm just trying to save a turtle. It's probably going to lay egg."
"Oh, yeah. It's spring." said Mrs. Ram's. "So, I guess a lot of turtles need to lay their eggs in the grass across the road." Then she waved goodbye and drove off.
Alex thought about what Mrs. Ram's had said. "There would probably be more turtles trying to cross the road at this spot!" he realized. But he couldn't stand there all day trying to stop cars. He looked around and a road sign caught his eye. And then his face brightened.
Para1 He jumped on his bike and raced home to find Dad.
Para2 The next morning, Dad and Alex drove to the pond with the wooden sign in the car.
