Ever
wonder what animals are thinking?
Well,
this morning sitting outside on my
patio,
I was given some insight into my
wondering.
A squirrel chirping in the
apple
tree several yards away from me
waved
it’s tail furiously, apparently wanting
desperately
to get somewhere it needed to be.
Eventually,
it decided to make a break for it.
So,
in the blink of an eye, it tore out across
the
open field at full speed running away from
me.
Now mind you, I never had any intentions
of
pursuing or capturing that creature anyway.
Besides,
it was far and away more fleet a foot
(even
given my best of times) than I could ever
be.
Now, here is where I applied some squirrel
psychology
to my personal human rationality—
I’m
not sure if that guy is a track star or not,
squirrel
is thinking. Could be a perfectly
harmless
sort, but suspiciously, he may be
a
clear and present danger to me. In any
event,
I’m gonna run as if my life depends
upon
it, and get the hell away from him just
in
case.
Chris
Hanch 1-26-18
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