Sunday, November 13, 2005

Vus? A Squirrel? Get lost!

Today my parents did parent teacher conferences at WITS. But I don't want to go into that, because that's miserable and depressing, and besides, they're the only ones who read this blog anyway. So I'll talk about other things.
The other day at breakfast, I was eating a hard boiled egg in the old bais medrash when I saw a squirrel. No it wasnt in the building, it was outside in a small tree, which was leaning against the window. Big deal, you say. But this was no ordinary rodent! it was not eating a nut, but a grilled cheese sandwich from sunday (brought to it, i assume, by the infamous "the Alan the Cook"). It had a hand on either side and was nibbleing away at the thing, crust and all. Now these aren't exactly your ordinary cheese sandwiches, either. They ressemble a piece of american cheese slapped between to chalk-white pieces of cardboard. Apparently this does not bother the lesser rodents as much as it bothers me. Me and my bunkmate Avram scrounged around for a camera (seems every camera in WITS was out of batteries or film, but in the end we found one). We couldn't get a good shot, so we went outside and snuck up behind the squirrel. When it heard the camera click, it ripped a chunk of the sandwich, stuffed the chunk in its mouth, threw the rest of the sandwich at us and ran for it. We chased it down the drive, and it skittered under Rabbi Wachsman's car, which had just pulled up.
"Rebbi! Rebbi! There's a squirrel!"
"Um....so?"
"Rebbi- stop that squirrel!"
"Why?"
"Rebbi- it has a sandwich!"
"So?"
By the time we'd explained to him that we didn't want to eat the sandwich, the squirrel was gone.

6 comments:

Mrs. Balabusta said...

it's nice to know you're making friends and being kind to small furry things.

PsychoToddler said...

"Apparently this does not bother the lesser rodents as much as it bothers me."

So are you one of the greater rodents?

Kiwi the Geek said...

I wondered the same thing.

I read your blog! Every post. I have you on my list of RSS feeds, effectively checking you every day, along with the rest of your funny family.

.30cal said...

really? wow. it's nice to know that someone out there cares. even if it is just my paretns and a kiwi.

Tzafra said...

How about your cousin? (No, I'm not really interested, I just have a spare now and managed to actually get onto one of the two working computers in the school's library) (If you don't know who I am, ask Fudge.)

.30cal said...

actually, i'm finding it rather obvious. I hate to say it, but ur screenname is a dead giveaway.