It was an ordinary day. Opened an old Reader's Digest that had been pushed under a chair in my living room. Began to leaf through it when I came upon a story that had the top right corner folded under. As soon as I began to read the story, I realized why I had folded the edge under! The story I had bookmarked, by folding the page under, was titled "Nicky the Turtle." And, then I noticed the line under the title of the story...Lancaster, PA. Wow, the story came from my hometown of Lancaster. The story had been nominated as the BEST PET PALS story by Georgene A. for this months issue. The really neat story read:
When I first got Nicky, I was 10 years old, and she was about the size of a quarter. We've grown together (I'm now 80 and she weighs 5 pounds), and she's been my best friend through it all. Nicky lives in our backyard pond in the summer, and has her own room and filtered kiddie pool in the winter. She's a yellow-bellied slider, but she's far from cowardly.
Nicky |
So...what do you think? Interesting story? A bit strange? Pretty neat that a story from my hometown is in an issue of Reader's Digest! And...I thought it was a pretty good story! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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