The perfect glistening bronze eyes

Of the gorgeous rusty-red squirrel.

His whiskers as prickly as a hedgehog’s spines,

Climbing up the tree on a vine.

Playing hide and seek with the old grey squirrels

Coming with their vicious vulture talons.

It was nice to meet the

Nut-collector also known as the dray-builder

Seeing him wave goodbye with his hand was sad.