“Oh, kind traveler, spare a morsel for a poor wretched forest creature such as I! A peanut, perchance, or a cashew or two! I would feast on a filbert, but an almond will do! A pecan or pistachio would please this sad snacker! Or even a walnut (but lend your nutcracker)!”
Sunshine the squirrel is a beggar!, by MBAnimalPics, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
A William Squirrelspeare play.
I was thinking Shakespeare, too.
Perhaps he is performing Squirreliolanus, or Squirrelius Caesar.
I love squirrels!
I had a first-year female climbing my patio screen the other day, after begging on the ground. Apparently I wasn’t providing enough treats for her🙄
Wait until they climb up your leg to check your coat pockets. You’re holding out, and they know.
And they can count!
Ok, so here’s my “dramatic squirrel story”.
A few years ago I was at my local park. Someone let their dog off-leash and the dog started chasing a squirrel. There’s a big Amtrak train track that runs through the park, and squirrel ran up one the concrete pillars to escape the dog. The owner pulled the dog away, but squirrelio was still scared, so continued to climb higher and higher up the concrete pillar, to my horror and astonishment. I started trying to coax it down, cause of course squirrels understand English, but the dude just kept climbing. It must have gotten at least 100 feet up – this train track is taller than some buildings. I had no idea their little paws could grip concrete like that! I was getting more and more nervous. Finally, little guy must have decided to heed the warnings of the anxious lady on the ground and turned his body around to start his descent. Suddenly, squirrelio lost his footing and plummeted to the ground, to my screams and two other people’s screams nearby. He hit the ground with a loud thud, bounced, about 3 feet up, then fell to the earth again. Then, a few seconds later, squirrelio jumped up and sprang away! I watched him till I couldn’t see him any longer.