The Adventures of Frisky the Squirrel...

This is how I looked when Dad found me ( am really much smaller than I look as Dad was using his close-up lens). I was wet, cold, hungry, sick, my ribs were showing through, and on my last leg. I had been blown out of my nest during a HUGE rain and wind storm and my mom could not find me. Then along came good 'ol Dad and loved my right away and saved me to his nice warm Heating Shop. He fed me Formula and I ate, and ate, and ate that first feeding until I almost burst! I was so weak and un-weaned that I could not eat anything else for a long time. Then Dad found I liked sweets and tried Honey-covered Nuts. WOW! was that the answer and I ate all he gave me. Later it was walnuts, then pecans, then peanuts and sunflower seeds (and still formula) - by then I was getting lots bigger and stronger. Now I eat anything - including Dad's fingernails!

Dad held me a lot, loved me all the time, patted me, played all day with me, tickled my tummy, rubbed my head and let me run all over him playing while he worked - I even slept in his shirt and that really created a bond between us. He even left my cage door open so that I could come and go as I wanted in the Shop until I was right at home with Dad. At night I covered up with a nice warm towel so that no one could see me sleep.

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