RESTLESS SQUIRREL
A red squirrel has been diverting and delighting our immediate neighbourhood these past few days. Apparently it came out of hibernation about a fortnight ago and it was seen away from the trees and along the gardens about the time the first lambs were born on the field behind us. It scampered along our wall, but didn't wait to be inspected. Later some ,friends found it investigating a sack in their garden. It came down to sit near the refuse bin and was very tame. Perhaps there is no great mystery in its hovering about the doors. It could be explained by the theory that its hoard of food has been de- stroyed or stolen and it is reduced to scavenging, like the birds, and voles that do their best to burrow into unfloored sheds after stored tubers. A few calories may be all it needs before it returns to curl up and see the winter through. I hope it finds them and doesn't run into one of the ownerless dogs hunting the hedge bottom.
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