I saw a squirrel. He was going like this!
I got attacked by a rabid squirrel at lunch today. Okay, that’s not really true. But I did have a Squirrel Encounter. I was sitting sideways and indian style on one of the cement benches in Government Center. Behind the bench was a tree, surrounded by wood chips. In the wood chips there was a squirrel foraging for food stuffs.
The next thing I know, said squirrel is on the back of my bench, about a foot away from my face, staring at the small Tupperware of peanuts and raisins in my lap. I briefly entertained the notion of feeding it a nut or two out of my hand, and then promptly thought, “What, are you fucking crazy? It’s probably rabid!”
I did take a couple of nuts and toss them past the squirrel onto the ground, hoping it would go for the easy food, but I don’t think it noticed the nuts I threw. It did get kind of jumpy, although it did not back off and, in fact, had been slowing inching in the direction of my lunch during this time.
I slowly gathered my book and lunch stuffs and backed away. It followed me, down onto the seat of the bench, and then onto the ground-where it was happily distracted by the nuts I’d thrown earlier. I retreated to a bench on the other end of the plaza and mused that I’d never before noticed that squirrels’ have gargantuan heads.
The next thing I know, said squirrel is on the back of my bench, about a foot away from my face, staring at the small Tupperware of peanuts and raisins in my lap. I briefly entertained the notion of feeding it a nut or two out of my hand, and then promptly thought, “What, are you fucking crazy? It’s probably rabid!”
I did take a couple of nuts and toss them past the squirrel onto the ground, hoping it would go for the easy food, but I don’t think it noticed the nuts I threw. It did get kind of jumpy, although it did not back off and, in fact, had been slowing inching in the direction of my lunch during this time.
I slowly gathered my book and lunch stuffs and backed away. It followed me, down onto the seat of the bench, and then onto the ground-where it was happily distracted by the nuts I’d thrown earlier. I retreated to a bench on the other end of the plaza and mused that I’d never before noticed that squirrels’ have gargantuan heads.