Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for May 13, 2019

Get him some cold creme.

Box turtle:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Florida_Box_Turtle_Digon3.jpg/1280px-Florida_Box_Turtle_Digon3.jpg

Western pond turtle:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/2009-Western-pond-turtle.jpg

Look at the shell around the neck. Vern looks more like a box turtle to me.

So Verne is from a pond on the west side of the hedge…..

Happy Birthday to you, Verne!

Somehow I pictured him more of a tortoise

So get him a pond.

So long as Verne isn’t a boxing turtle…

sure he should but I bet your mother didn’t tell you you were adopted either

I don’t know RJ. I think I’d like to see Amy Pond gift wrapped.

Yee-haw.

Old Amazon box. Nice touch.

Now a cat would appreciate that gift.

And Vern is out of water too long.

So get him a John Wayne collection.

If RJ knew Verne was a western pond turtle by then, my guess is he would probably try throwing him into a pond. :P