Squirrel Squad

A few days ago, the kids noticed a piece of fur sticking out of one of the many Halloween pumpkins left on our neighborhood stoops. As it turned out, the fur belonged to a thrifty squirrel, who was sitting inside the pumpkin, mining for fresh pumpkin seeds. Before I could get my camera ready, the little guy leaped out and ran up a nearby tree.

On Thursday, we were passing the squirrel pumpkin again with a large group of kids heading to Korean after school class. As you can see, the pumpkin has been reduced substantially but there was a squirrel sitting inside it again! It might have gotten either too heavy, or too brazen to run away. Instead, it was simply hiding behind the planter on the ground, patiently waiting for the gaggle of kids to move on…

(The squirrel was about as fat as this guy, who showed off his survival weight on a local playground.)