Squirrels tend to come and go. They're often here today and gone tomorrow. It's always a mystery as to where they go, but it's also a mystery when they suddenly appear out of nowhere. There's a new squirrel on the block that looks like Alphie - same size and color, though not quite as pretty - but he looks enough like Alphie to be mistaken for him.
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the evil twin
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Yesterday I was watching him play a squirrel's game of
dodge ball where he'd cause skirmishes by chasing the other squirrels, ramming into them and bouncing them in the air!
A Tale of Two Tails
Actually he has probably been around for a while, and I think he was causing me to misjudge Alphie as a big bad bully. But since Alphie got his tail scrunched, and this squirrel's tail is perfect, I finally realized that they were different squirrels. And he was likely the cause of Alphie's damaged tail! Perhaps the noble Alphie had been defending some innocent little ones.
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| the real Alphie |
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| a hero's tail? |
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