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The Tortoise and The Plastic Bag

(original photo by Goa Entranced per this license) My father-in-law loves turtles.  He has four of them in a bucket outside next to several birds. He loves the turtles, saying like ‘they are the best thing since sliced bread’.  Sometimes ... ...full story at The China Expat

from The China Expat on Thu, Jul 10 2008

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