Turtle, Dog, and Human Tales

Dogs barking at turtle on other side of chain-link fence.
Turtle in its shell, too scared to move.
Dogs looking ready to start digging.
Human puts dogs on their cable tie-outs.

Hours later.
Human looks for turtle, doesn't see it, is relieved.
Human lets dogs loose.

Minutes later.
Dogs barking at other spot along fence.
Human comes out to look.
Dogs have already pushed away the bricks along the fence, and started digging under it.
Turtle is half-covered in dirt from the digging.
Human puts dogs on their cable tie-outs.
Human pushes dirt around, stuffs bricks in the hole under the fence, and adds a few more bricks.

Hours later, night.
Human wonders, what am I going to do with those dogs?
Human lets one dog loose.
It slinks off to investigate.

Minutes later, the dog is back.
Human is relieved. Turtle must have gotten away.
Human lets other dog loose.

Night passes.

Morning passes.

Dogs barking at another corner of the fence.
Apparently turtle is having a hard time finding a way out of neighbor's yard.
Human sighs.
Human is trying to work! And has to spend so much time protecting critters from its dogs!
Human has had enough of this.
Human will take care of the problem for good this time!
Human puts dogs on their cable tie-outs.

Human wonders, how to get the turtle?

How, how, how...
Shovel!

Human gets long shovel, bucket and gloves.
Human leans over fence and picks turtle up with shovel.
Turtle tries to crawl off while human lifts shovel over fence.
Turtle falls off shovel on human's side.
Human yelps.
But turtle seems ok.

Turtle put in bucket.
Bucket put in car.
Gate opened.
Car driven down the street to pond.

Human lifts turtle out of bucket and puts it next to pond.
Maybe this isn't such a good spot, so close to the street, human worries.
Human sighs. Turtle has probably had enough of being human-handled.
Human drives back home, closes gate, and lets dogs loose.

Dogs rush off to investigate.