I fed this female box tortoise some raspberries at the beginning of the summer. Now, she follows me all over the garden, and visits me almost daily looking for handouts.

[u/abhitchc]

[u/TheAJGman]

You might have just made a long lived friend.

My grandfather had a turtle that came back every year for 20 odd years after he fed him once. He'd show up one day during peak strawberry season, patiently wait at the fence gate for his quart of berries, gorge himself until he couldn't move, lay in the sun for a few hours, and then venture back into the woods for the rest of the year. Knew it was the same turtle each year because it had a chipped shell from a run in with someone's lawnmower.

[u/SchnoodleDoodleDo → u/TheAJGman]

’My grandfather had a turtle that came back every year for 20 odd years after he fed him once.’

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hello, it’s me ~ i’m back again

i won’t forget you, lifelong fren

the kindness shown so long ago

meant more than you could ever know

the seasons change, the years pass by

the berries ripen

then

they die

the sweetest taste i’d ever known

was offered me by You, alone

n so each year i’ll find your gate

n patiently

for you i’ll wait

i hope that you will find me there ^:)

i’m old

n i have time

to spare…

for No one else can take your place!

slow n steady

Wins

the race

♥️

edit: love your stories u/TheAJGman & u/abhitchc

[u/cosmiceggroll → u/SchnoodleDoodleDo]

I'm not crying over a turtle poem!!!

[u/UberMisandrist → u/cosmiceggroll]

Schnoodle always makes me cry