Friday, February 25, 2011

Nutty Days






The birds cawed. "You'll make a juicy snack."





"Where are we going?" asked Jersey.






He crawled into bed with his wife.



"How do you get so much done?"

"Multitasking," he replied.


  1. LOL! Love it. Squirrels, not my favorite rodent, but I could get attached to this Jersey. Well told, such a fun read.

  2. This one was a fun read :) Perhaps I'll look more kindly on the squirrels that have been stealing our apples now. LOL

  3. Hrh, I liked the multitasking comment at the end. You always think chatting non-human animals would be neat, but would they have anything useful to say? Also liked that you chose a kestrel.

  4. @Rebecca, "could get attached" reminds me of a gig we did in the peasants guild at RenFaires. We had three fake squirrels that we'd pin to a poor peasant who ran around fair while we chased them attempting to pound the squirrels to a pulp... but we'd tend to miss ;) Hmmm... reading over that it sounds dreadful. It was rather silly and slightly out of taste (like most of our gigs).

    @Tessa, you'll have to add an amendment to the law book making "apples" non-squirrel food ;)

    @Stephen, thanks.

    @John, You have a dog's voice in my head now saying: "You are the best... You are the best... Where's my bone... You are the best... You are the best..."

  5. Flying squirrel how fun! I liked that Jersey kept his cool no matter what was happening to him. Always thinking ahead.

  6. @Lara, Thanks. He may keep his cool, but I hope his introspection and clue-lessness comes through a little too. :)


    Fun piece. And those lines are me entirely, by the way.

    By the way, have you ever seen Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox? It blends a lot of the mundane silliness of our lives with those of animals. Quite a good flick.

  8. I had a good giggle from this Aidan, a clever and unusual story.

    PS. I downloaded "The Precedent" from a free-library and have just read it, Awesome read, thanks for putting it in my direction.

  9. Clever! A flying squirrel, intelligent enough to outwit a predator while figuring out how to get his day's quota of acorns! I like that… I might have to bookmark this for when my grandkid gets old enough to understand stories and read it to him them…

  10. @Loren, I haven't seen Fantastic Mr. Fox. I'll keep it in mind; it sounds like fun.

    @Steve, no problem, glad you liked it.

    @FARfetched, I think Jersey makes an excellent role model (well, except that squirrel thing :)

  11. Oh I loved this! I was very worried he was going to end up being lunch but it was good to see him thinking practically, and getting the job done!