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The Unfortunate Death of a Heroic Squirrel

Submitted to Contest #320

Hello. I am a squirrel. I’ve got a poofy tail, four fingers on my front paws and five on my rear paws. A white stripe flows from my chin to my bum. Otherwise, I’m a tannish gray. I like eating seeds and nuts and chittering. I spend my waking hours in trees or on the ground. I live under the canopy of a great forest. The trees have big leaves, reddish brown bark, and grow high into the sky. I like where I live. The big trees protect me from the a-hole birds with large wings and sharp talons. I still deal with the small a-hole birds. Mostly, I...

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