[ CW ] Write a story about a turtle . However , you can not use any sci-fi/fantasy /or any other non-real element . Keep it grounded .

( This is a true story. ) 
 
 One summer's day I was cruising a secondary highway with my son in the back seat. This road had seen better days, it barely qualified as paved anymore, but I liked the scenery; it wound through a forest and tracked a river for most of its length. There was rarely traffic, which only provided more time to enjoy the scenery. 
 
 As I was driving I saw a large rock in the middle of the road. I rolled to a stop, planning to move the dangerous object out of the way. When I realized what I had found I grabbed a stick from the side of the road, a pair of work gloves from the center console and my son from the car. `` Watch this,'' I said poking the rock with a stick, `` you'll love it.'' 
 
 A head lunged out of the rock and bit the end off the stick; dad had found a snapping turtle. My son was impressed by this angry rock once he stopped screaming in terror. I knew it was n't uncommon to find turtles sunning on the highway but I had n't seen a snapping turtle in years. One thing I did remember, however, was a nine-fingered neighbor's warning that their beaks are able to cut through nearly anything. 
 
 I grabbed the turtle by the sides of the shell while it gnashed and pawed at my gloved hands, trying to reach flesh, but I am proud to say that I am fully capable of overpowering Chelydra serpentina... especially when I have to impress my children. 
 
 I carried the little nugget of rage to the edge of the river and set it down in the mud at arm's length, quickly jumping back. Snapping turtles are real bastards, and a lot faster than most people give them credit for. The turtle sat in the mud, sizing me up and giving me nasty looks all the while. My son, a fan of nature, sat on the sidelines watching this spectacle. 
 
 `` Daddy,'' he asked me, `` were you scared the turtle was going to bite you?'' 
 
 `` Nah,'' I replied, `` because if he did... I'd bite him back.'' 
 
 `` *Really? * Just like how you bit the cat when he bit you?'' 
 
 `` Just like that.'' 
 
 `` One good thing, daddy, is that turtles do n't have fur, so you wo n't have to clean your mouth out this time.''
