Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: meanest squirrel on earth
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:20:32 EDT
Your letter reminded me of all the times I used to sit up in my mother's Mango
tree, in South Florida, and try to scare off the squirrels who were so
interested in my mother's Avocado tree. We'd have a tree full of Mango's, but
halfway through the season the squirrels must have gotten tired of them and
went on to the avocado's, which were my favorite. It was three squirrels and
they were all in on it together. They would go in relays to the avocado tree.
I'd sit in the Mango tree with my son's slingshot and have a ball. That was
only two years ago or so, when I was 27. ( I never killed a single squirrel,
though) But I did notice one thing. They were persistent up until they were
caught in the act of avocado thievery. If I inflicted any fright, discomfort
or slight pain on the squirrel while they were trying for an avocado, they
usually wouldn't try it again. They seemed to be able to associate discomfort
with the avocado's after that. And the only one who ever got hurt during
those occasion was me, when I fell out of the tree from laughing so hard. I
hit a squirrel smack dab in the rump with a little rock and the squirrel did a
midair flip and ran off. I never laughed so hard in my life.
Good luck and happy sling-shooting!
Carla Spahos (Bakersfield, Ca)
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