Catching Squirrels

Mes bons amis, comme jai deja explique…oops I forgot I was speaking to my American audience. As I was saying, My dear friends, as I have explained before my brother Magic, while I love him dearly, is always up to trouble and often needs my assistance. During these cold winter months, a few squirrels have decided to move into the eaves of my house. While I am a lover of all animals (being one myself), I really do not want them in my home. I mean, I have to draw the line here. One night my mother and I listened as these two squirrels ran back and forth across the eaves . The following morning my mother called the Wildlife and Bird Solutions Company to see what she could do about the situation. They informed her they set up safe and humane traps to catch animals and then set them free in a nearby park. We agreed this would be the best solution.

The next day Kirk and Lisa from Wildlife were scheduled to arrive with their traps. As soon as the door bell rang, Magic jumped to greet them at the door. He ran around in circles as if he was chasing his own tail (a somewhat regular occurrence) until the door finally opened and they entered the house. I had to remind him that this was not the proper way to greet company and he better be on his best behavior. I am always explaining to him that this is the type of conduct that forces our mother to always leaves me in charge when she goes out, but he just doesn’t get it.

I escorted Kirk and Lisa to the backyard so they could inspect the condition of the eaves. After examination, they went back to their truck to retrieve four traps.  As they set them down on top of the snow Magic went running at full speed after them. Clearly he was after something and I was going to find out what it was. I threw on my mesh dog boots and chased after him. He had smelled the squirrel bait which was made of mainly peanut butter (his favorite!) He forced his nose up to the steel bars of the trap and began licking the bait right out of the trap! Quickly, I yelped for my mother. She came running out but I noticed she didn’t have proper boots on to go sprinting across the snow. She was going to kill him, I could see the look of anger on her face. She sloshed across the backyard as she sank into the snow with each step. I could see the snow collecting in her shoe and around her pants. She grabbed Magic by the collar and yanked him in the house. By now my mother was freezing! The only thing keeping her warm was the steam coming out of her ears. I glanced over to Magic who was standing there wagging his tail and offering a puzzled look on his face. I thought for sure I was going to quickly be an only child, however I will admit I have thought this before and he somehow always “magically” escapes getting thrown out. (I truly believe that is really where his name comes from, for all of you that thought it originated from “black magic”). But once again I stood in shock was I watched my mother’s face go from fury to a soft smile. Wait a minute, was he going to escape getting into trouble again? The bottoms of my mother’s pants were still sopping wet, how could this be? If I didn’t have such an great life I would say I want to come back as a Labrador, but I have it way too good!

Woofcerely,
Bella

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