Once upon a time....
Once upon a time there was a little gray and brown squirrel . Nobody knows his name, so we will just call him squirrel for now . Later in the story, you may hear him referred to as "That stupid squirrel," but he was actually very clever indeed. Squirrel lived in a very cozy home, inside the downstairs hearth of the 2-story house by the creek. You see, the two little boys who lived there apparently had prepared an exquisite little apartment inside the wood stove insert for squirrel, complete with a cardboard box Bed with nice, soft bed linens. The entryway was a bit steep and precarious, requiring squirrel to climb up on the highest part of the roof to the chimney and slide down two stories. But, squirrel was sure-footed and he felt very safe when he reached his warm abode . He could peak through the grates of the stove and see the boys throw...