SUN DECK FOR LITTLE FOX
WE HAVE A DOG
NAMED LITTLE FOX. SHE'S A STRAY THAT WANDERED UP ONE DAY AND
ADOPTED US. SHE'S A HINES VARIETY. SHE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE FOX
SO THAT'S WHAT WE CALL HER, WE MADE HER A DOG HOUSE OUT OF A
PLASTIC TUB WE HAD IN THE GARAGE. WE TURNED IT UPSIDE DOWN AND
CUT A HOLE IN ONE END FOR A DOOR. THEN WE SCREWED IT TO A
BOARD WITH CARPET ON IT. WE GLUED AN OLD TOWEL TO THE TOP AND
LET IT HANG DOWN OVER THE OPENING. THE TUB IS ABOUT 14 INCHES
TALL AND LITTLE FOX LIKES TO STAND ON TOP OF IT TO LOOK
AROUND. WHEN THE SUN IS WARM SHE WILL LAY ON TOP OF HER HOUSE
AND TAKE A NAP. SO WE STARTED CALLING THE TOP OF HER DOG HOUSE
HER SUN DECK.
ONE DAY WHILE SHE
WAS ON HER SUN DECK TAKING A NAP A SQUIRREL CAME DOWN OUT OF
ONE OF THE PECAN TREES AND WENT TO HER FOOD BOWL. AS THE
SQUIRREL STARTED EATING HER FOOD LITTLE FOX HEARD IT AND STOOD
UP. THIS SCARED THE SQUIRREL AND HE MADE A BEE LINE FOR HIS
PECAN TREE WITH LITTLE FOX IN HOT PURSUIT. JUST AS THE
SQUIRREL HIT THE PECAN TREE A BLUE JAY MADE A DIVE AT LITTLE
FOX. THIS SCARED HER SO BAD THAT SHE RAN INTO HER DOG HOUSE
AND HID. SHE WOULD STICK HER HEAD OUT OF THE DOOR JUST ENOUGH
TO SEE OUT FROM UNDER THE TOWEL. THE SQUIRREL WAS ON HIS PECAN
TREE CHATTERING UP A STORM, THE BLUE JAY WAS SITTING ON THE
FENCE SQUAWKING LIKE A BANSHEE, AND LITTLE FOX WAS HOWLING
LIKE CRAZY. ABOUT THAT TIME OUR NEIGHBOR STUCK HIS HEAD OVER
OUR STOCKADE FENCE TO SEE WHAT ALL THE RUCKUS WAS ABOUT. THE
SQUIRREL SAW HIM AND BY THIS TIME WAS SO MAD THAT HE JUMPED ON
THE NEIGHBOR AND STARTED BITING HIM. THIS EXCITED THE BLUE JAY
AND HE STARTED DIVE BOOMING HIM. LITTLE FOX THOUGHT HE WAS AN
INTRUDER AND RAN TO THE FENCE AND STARTED BARKING. THE
NEIGHBOR STARTED YELLING BEHAVE OR I'LL BOX YOUR EARS.
UNDER ALL THESE
ATTACKS HE RAN FOR HIS HOUSE TO GET AWAY FROM WHATEVER WAS
GOING ON. AS HE SAT THERE IN HIS DEN HE DECIDED THAT IT MUST
BE MY FAULT THAT HE WAS ATTACKED AND DECIDED TO CALL THE
POLICE. WHEN THEY GOT THERE HE STARTED TELLING THEM ABOUT MY
ATTACK DOG, MY ATTACK SQUIRREL, AND MY ATTACK BLUE JAY AND HOW
THEY HAD NEARLY KILLED HIM. HE TOLD THE POLICE THAT HE WAS IN
HIS OWN BACK YARD MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS WHEN THESE ANIMALS
ATTACKED HIM AND HE WANTED TO FILE CHARGES AGAINST ME. THE TWO
OFFICERS LOOKED AT HIM THEN AT EACH OTHER AND CALLED AN
AMBULANCE TO TAKE HIM TO A HOSPITAL FOR FUNNY PEOPLE. BUT
THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.
THE POLICE
OFFICERS CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND ASKED US IF WE HAD EVER NOTICED
ANYTHING STRANGE ABOUT OUR NEIGHBOR. WE TOLD THEM, “NO” BUT HE
DIDN'T LIKE OUR DOG OR THE BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS WE FEED IN THE
BACK YARD. ONE OF THE OFFICERS SAID WELL THAT EXPLAINS IT.
YOUR NEIGHBOR GOT REAL SICK THIS MORNING AND THEY CARTED HIM
OFF TO THE FUNNY FARM.
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