Squirrels make me happy. I find it fun to stop every now and then to watch them for a moment. For a creature that eats inanimate objects, they sure capture those morsels in the most animated ways. A squirrel seems to sneak up on his food as though he’s afraid the nut is going to run away if it sees him coming.
To a squirrel, if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing dramatically. Squirrels don’t go from place to place, they don’t run from place to place, they don’t even dart from place to place. Even darting implies taking the shortest distance between two points and doing so with purpose and efficiency and, perhaps, secrecy. Those things aren’t for the squirrel, no siree! The squirrel leaps and bounces from place to place as flamboyantly as possible. He often spirals his way up a tree instead of taking the direct route and skitters across the road only centimeters from deadly tire tread. He’s just asking to be noticed!
Why all the needless energy and effort? Maybe to make us smile and remember that we don’t have to take life totally seriously: it’s ok to enjoy what we do and how we do it. Maybe to make God smile at His creation even when we are all too busy to notice it!
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I'd like to have a pet squirell...
heh.. I'd just like to have a pet! My last one went away to LA.
Awwww, how nice of you to send your pet spider away to college with your brother!
Addison, how would you KEEP a squirrel as a pet? =)
aiya... Joysy, my pet WENT to college. Yups, it's that smart ^_^ My pet doggy!
Squirrels are crazy. AND ANNOYING.At least only when they eat your flowers .Or your garden.But when they are playing.Their funny.
Don't you remember It's A Wonderful Life? The guy with the pet squirell?
It ran all up and down his arm and stuff?
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