August 21, 2012
Lisa Petri with Wally and Polly, McLean, 1970.
Stories this photo appears in:
Raising Wally and Polly
A McLean family finds, raises baby squirrels.
It was back in the 1970s in McLean. Coming home from school one afternoon, our two younger children, Lisa, 9, and Steven, 7, found a tiny rolled-up ball of fur lying under the maple tree out in front of our Lemon Road house. It was too big to be a baby mouse and too small to be a baby kitten. It turned out to be a baby squirrel which must have fallen out of a nest high up in the tree out in front. Bill hauled out his trusty painter’s ladder, rested it up against the trunk, climbed up and put the tiny creature back into its nest. He said there was another baby already up there.
Comments
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Sign in to comment
Or login with:
OpenID