Squirrely

So let me see if I got this right. You pick up a green walnut from the ground and you sit there on a branch and you tear into it with your sharp incisors. That’s a beautiful tail you’ve got there for balance by the way. Anyway, you sit there chewing and spitting and spitting and chewing, making your way through that bitter rind. Makes me think of a lots of situations in life and all the time you’re getting down to the really hard part, but you know there’s something sweet and nutritious deep inside. I watch you work. You’re really good at it. I’ve got a few talents too, but that’s why I’m resting. Anyway, eventually you get down to the nut and then, just when I thought you’d risk a tooth gnawing through to the meat, you jam the whole thing in your mouth. You scurry away […]

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