Pressures of Turtle Island

Eustace becomes stressed after only two years of running Turtle Island and starts to become burnt out. Eustace was teaching eighty kids when four government cars arrived and arrested him. Eustace had been accused of killing animals without a permit. A neighbor had tipped the government off. Eustace had to take the next month to collect letters of evidence that show that the deerskin had all been given to him, so he could tan them. Turtle Island had been a very stressful adventure for Eustace so far and was wearing him out. Besides the incident with the neighbor who reported him to the government, Eustace related to the people around him pretty well. He especially got along with Ma-Maw, his elderly Appalachian neighbor. She provided Eustace with moral support during his trial and really cared for him.