The Acrobat Squirrel
Squirrels are funny little creatures. They climb a tree, bounce from branch to branch, and jump from the furthest branch to the next tree with impressive accuracy. I saw a squirrel walking on a telephone wire toward the roof of a house. He probably got on the wire from the nearby pecan tree. As he walked on the wire, he would stop, turn side way, and balance his body using his long tail as leverage. He walked another few steps and did the same ritual again and again. I kept watching to see how he would manage to jump from the telephone wire to the rooftop about a foot away. He moved forward slowly but methodically, repeating his liturgy every step. However, when he was closer to the roof than where he started his journey, he suddenly turned back and ran through the wire back to the tree where he came from as if he was running on level ground. Go figure! I could not resist and gave a name to the adorable entertainer little creature, the Acrobat. But, as I think of Acrobat squirrel’s