Tragedy in Aboite!

Early this morning, during the ice storm which swept the area overnight, another innocent soul suffered the loss of his longtime home. Benjamin Bushytail, pictured here in happier times late last summer, described the incident to this reporter:

"I was fast asleep in my home in the hollow tree where I have resided all of my life. Suddenly I hear this cracking noise, and the entire top of my tree was just gone! I didn't know what to do. . .ya see, I spent all summer storing hickory nuts in my warm and dry nest, and there I was, sitting on my nuts, with freezing rain hailing down on me. So I just sat there all night, on my freezing nuts, and waited out the storm."



Mr.Bushytail spent the better part of the morning looking for temporary living quarters as well as nut storage. Longtime resident Billy Blacktail graciously offered temporary digs in his huge oak tree home across the way.





"This could have happened to any one of us", proclaimed Blacktail. "I'm happy to help out my fellow squirrel in need. Fortunately for Ben, the worst of the winter is over, at least if you can believe that crazy groundhog Phil who lives down by the lake."