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Needmore Days
The day the squirrel went beserk
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This wild adventure happened to me recently while I was working with my son in our garden at his house.

 

The neighbor lady, from across the street, came running down through the yard in obvious distress.

 

"Some kind of animal is in our swimming pool!" she cried out.

 

I know that lesser men would have fled in fear but seeing the fair young damsel in obvious distress there was never a thought on our part to flee. A black bear was my first thought from the description she was giving. Although the more I listened to her story the more convinced I became that a lion had escaped from the circus. But since hero blood surges through our veins like cool molasses we hurried to the rescue not knowing if we would ever return. Just part of the job I would believe.

 

We went rushing over to save the day when we discovered a fox squirrel was stuck back in the filter part. With some effort we managed to get it out of there and I caught it in a pair of those long things you can pick up things with and tossed it out of the pool. Instead of running for the woods it almost ran over my wife as it tried to escape it made a wild dash to their patio and hid behind some stuff.

 

Not to be out done we followed it there and tried to chase it off. Rather than run off the thing made a leap and was all over me as I tried to get away.

 

It never bit me but I expected it to any second.

 

We then decided to try plan B. We decided to leave and let the varmint leave on his own.

 

Must have been a little like the story of the Mississippi Squirrel. Just ask the people who gathered around to watch the show if there is still a little life left in the old preacher.. grin.

 

To add to the confusion the fair young lady who lived there was on the phone giving her husband a play by play account of the action. I heard her screaming right in the middle of things.

 

"It's on Bother Seber... it's on Bother Seber!"

 

I don't think it ever got a firm grip on me. It climbed up over something and made a leap for me but I was dancing backward and was pretty much up in the air as it kept brushing against me as it was trying to latch on to my clothes.

 

Truth is, I couldn't tell exactly what was going on other than that squirrel and I were doing some kind of dance on their patio...grin. I think by that time both of us were trying to escape.

 

As I listened to her description of the events unfolding I became even more concerned. This must look a lot more serious than I had realized.

 

I am very happy to report that I escaped without serious injury and the wild animal seemed to also..grin.

 

God loves us as His dear dhildren. I wonder if he ever gets amused while watching our lives. Is this story true you ask? Well, yes mostly although I may be guilty at times of embellishment just a tiny bit.

 

See you in Church Sunday. I am preaching for the time being at Prosperity Baptist Church. Come visit with us. I would like to meet each of you.