Sunday, September 28, 2014

Imagine that….


A squirrel’s eye view of things isn’t really something you want to recommend to friends or family….

I watched my own backyard Nutkin for a few minutes this morning, and I suddenly realized that squirrels—at least squirrels like my squirrel—live in perpetual fear.

My little Nutsy checked the ground under the Norway maple for a seed thingy, then looked up, looked around, then jumped to a new spot, checked for edibles, looked around, looked up, stood stock still and sat on his haunches, head erect, for long seconds, then hopped over to another spot, looked around….

Imagine that, during all your waking hours, for the rest of your life, you had to check every six seconds so you'd spot any nearby creature that might want to eat you.
  







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