THE BABY WILL FALL

                                       A TINY SQUIRREL WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ON OUR PATIO TODAY.  I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD.  I TOLD MY HUSBAND.  HE WOULDN'T COME AND LOOK.  HE WAS WATCHING A GOLF TOURNAMENT.  I COULD SEE THAT THE BABY SQUIRREL'S HEART WAS BEATING.  I COULD HEAR WHIMPERING OR MOANING.  SUDDENLY THE BABY SQUIRREL WHO WAS NO BIGGER THAN YOUR HAND,TURNED OVER ON HIS STOMACH.  SOON HE WAS LIFTING HIS HEAD AND STRETCHING HIS FRONT PAWS.  ONE HUNDRED FEET ABOVE HIM STRETCHED A GIGANTIC OAK TREE THAT IS HIGHER THAN OUR TWO STORY TOWNHOUSE ON THE GOLF COURSE'S SIXTH GREEN.  ON ONE OF THE LOWER BRANCHES, THE SQUIRREL'S MOTHER WHIMPERED AND MOANED.  QUICKLY SHE RAN DOWN THE TREE TRUNK PICKED THE BABY SQUIRREL UP IN HER TEETH BY THE BACK OF HIS NECK AND RAN BACK UP THE TREE WITH HIM.    I HEARD HER COOING AND MOANING OVER HIM.  HOPEFULLY THE BABY WILL LIVE AND GROW TO HOP AND SWING AND SCURRY AMONG THE BRANCHES OF THE GIANT OAK.  IT'S A BUMPER CROP OF ACORNS THIS YEAR,SO THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF FOOD THE SQUIRREL FAMILY LIVING IN THE HIGH RISE ABOVE THIS CENTRAL FLORIDA GOLF COURSE.
                               I TOLD MY GOLF WATCHING HUSBAND ALL ABOUT THE SQUIRREL'S RESCUE.  HE NEVER STOPPED WATCHING TIGER PUTT AT A GOLF COURSE IN A THOUSAND OAKS,CALIFORNIA.  WILD WORLD OF SPORTS IS HIS THING NOT WILD KINGDOM.  I'M GLAD THE BABY LIVED.  HIS HEART WAS BEATING SO HARD.  AT MY OTHER HOUSE I'M PAYING ANOTHER $250 TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CONCERNED COMPANY REMOVE SQUIRRELS WHO HAVE INVADED THE ATTIC AND WALLS OF THE HOUSE THAT I'M RENTING OUT.  IT'S THE SECOND TIME THE HUMANE EXTERMINATOR HAS REMOVED SQUIRRELS FROM MY HOUSE AND SEALED UP THEIR ENTRANCE HOLE.  TWO SQUIRRELS HAVE LIVED OVER THERE FOR YEARS.  IT'S  ONLY THIS YEAR THAT THEY STARTED CHEWING INTO THE HOUSE.  TERMITES HAVE DECIDED TO START CHOMPING ON THE WOOD PANELS ON THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.  I RENTED THIS POOL HOME TO A SINGLE MAN.  NOW HIS SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW AND THREE CHILDREN UNDER AGE 5 ARE LIVING THERE.  IT MAKES ME NERVOUS BECAUSE OF THE POOL.  THEY HAVE A BARRICADE SEPARATING THE POOL FROM THE HOUSE BUT IT IS LOW.

TOWNHOUSE,6TH GREEN,AND LARGE OAK TREE

SIXTH GREEN BEHIND MY TOWNHOUSE

                              IT'S THE YEAR OF THE SQUIRREL FOR ME.  AS YOU CAN SEE MY HUSBAND JUST SITS IN HIS LAZY BOY AND WATCHES TV.  I HAVE TO DO IT ALL.  OH NUTS!  LUCKILY THE RENTAL AGENT AT $250 A SHOT IS BATTLING THE SQUIRREL INVASION AT MY RENTAL PROPERTY,