Aw....this was such a great story! You did a wonderful job with the details from the different personalities of the turtles, to the surroundings and the descriptions of every 'adventure' each turtle went on. This should be published; it was a joy to read and it amazed me how caught up in the lives of little turtles! (and their friend the possum and so on)
I had to smile as you described the different types of fish. I have family from the south (MS and KY) and catfish is something we tend to hurt ourselves eating-sort of like Forgetful. ;)
I am just a hippie from the sixties:
I Love to sketch, decorate and write.
Gardening is my second delight
My husband is lazy,
and because we're both crazy,
writers groups keep us out of a fight!
It's.. more..