on my walk today I saw a squirrel out in the middle of the street. Somehow he had gotten ahold of one of those prepackaged waffles. He (she? Why do I assume it was a guy squirrel) looked pretty excited, but kind of nervous too. I got the impression that this waffle was probably the biggest score of his entire life. I tried to imagine what it would be like to carry a waffle bigger than myself, down the street. I guess it would be very hard to do. Once the squirrel decided it was safe he began to devour the find with furious intensity. I thought; how long can he keep up this pace? He's gonna explode. I tried to keep still so I could watch him, but he would freeze up at every slight movement. He wasn't taking any chances. Finally I made one too many "sudden movements"- he put his waffle back in his mouth and scampered under a fence. I didn't know how to tell him that I didn't want to steal his waffle- I just wanted to see how much he could eat.

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