February 27th 2008 7:13 am
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So, me and mom went for a nice long walk yesterday. It was almost hot out! After all the rain we've had lately I wasn't complaining. By the time we got to the big park a couple of miles away from the house, my motor was running (and frankly mom looked ready to melt too), so we sat on a bench in the shade in the middle of the park to cool off. We were sitting for a little bit and I kept hearing this little noise. I couldn't figure out what it was! Mom was enjoying watching all the little squirrels running around with each other (there must be 100,000 squirrels in this park), but I pretty much ignored them. I had cooled off and was ready to get going again. What's the deal with having to wear leashes in a park that big anyway? She could have sat there and thrown a stick or something, I'd have been more than happy to bring it back (over and over and over again). Anyway- so mom's watching squirrels, I'm trying to figure out how to get more than 6 feet away from her and that little noise kept coming back. Mom finally found it- it was a squirrel in the tree- and it was BARKING AT US! What?!? I didn't know squirrels barked! And it was clearly barking AT us! He was the bravest little squirrel in the world! Okay- maybe he'd have been braver if he came down from the tree and did it, but he stood his ground (okay his limb) even when we walked right up to him, and he kept barking! What a trip!