Each
year around this time, Bon Bon Acres is turned upside down. Perhaps nothing is as adorable as baby
raccoons yet they are the world’s greatest mischief-makers. Not only will they drain each and every bird
feeder but they will destroy them too. At
this point in the summer—i.e. their “childhood” I must take every feeder down
and place them all in the garage overnight.
The birds—needless to say—are not happy with this plan but I have no
other alternative. The geese and ducks
aren’t pleased either as this family of thieves will gobble up their corn in
broad daylight. They have a one-track
mind: food. No amount of shooing and screeching from me
makes any difference. Typical children,
they know they can just wear me down. 
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| That's mama coming up the hill. Even she gets disgusted with them and takes off for awhile. |
kathleen, don't you realize they KNOW they can do anything and you won't get upset with them? they're adorable and they know it :)
ReplyDeleteThey're absolutely charming! Have you read the non-fiction story about a raccoon named Rascal? I was so moved I cried throughout the story and especially at the end. Anyway, we had a raccoon visitor at our squirrel feeder a couple times and Earl chased him or her away. Then, he read Rascal and fell in love with raccoons and felt really bad about chasing them away.
ReplyDeleteChoo, I will have to read that book.
ReplyDeleteChoo, I found the Kindle edition at Amazon. Before I buy it, tell me if it is sad. I cannot stand to read anything about an animal dying.
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