Animal Antics
One must dare to decelerate and take note of a squirrel.
I am learning what it’s like to observe a few note worthy ways
and sometimes selfish behaviors of squirrels in my back yard.
Like the time that a squirrel took my pecans from my makeshift
platform after I put them there to dry. You might not call them selfish,
but perhaps you would, if you loved pecans as well as my wife and me
I am forgiving though about the pecans, because I enjoy watching them
walk and run atop the fence with very little effort. I tell you, I am captured as I watch them chase each other from limb to limb, or race up a palm tree and hide beneath those protruding stickers.
Their movements are so agile and quick; and they appear to be afraid and in a constant state of readiness. However, they could also be fearless, provided they are able to keep adequate distance from you. They believe it to be their right to any and every nut their little hearts desire,
without any regards to ownership.
Were I at work 9 to 5 or some other shift, I would not have learned such minor truths about squirrels; and had I not been retired, never would I have seen a squirrel outwit a cat who gave in and walked slowly away.
There’s a beautiful and wild kingdom out there my friend. Let’s enjoy it.
04222015 PS Contest, Animal Antics, Shadow Hamilton
Copyright © Curtis Johnson | Year Posted 2016
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