Tuesday, May 09, 2017

An Open Letter to the Squirrels in the White House Tree

Dear Squirrels I just saw climbing a tree on the White House lawn:

I understand, although I've never seen it, that rabies is a terrible disease. I wouldn't wish it on any squirrel. After all, you little fluff bombs don't really do all that much damage. Yes, you get into crawl spaces sometimes and make a hell of a racket. Yes, you gnaw off the fruit tree buds in the spring. Yes (and you really should work on this as a species), you do sit on the bird feeder and eat every damn seed. But that's not enough to deserve a case of rabies.

And yet... are you in any way patriotic? Do you, the squirrels on the White House tree, feel deeply about the health and happiness of squirrels elsewhere? Would you consider making the ultimate sacrifice for your country?

Listen, squirrels on the White House lawn! The squirrels of America (and the people too) call out to you! Take one for the team!

Think about it. If you contract a case of rabies, and you bite, oh, say, anyone with weird hair who lumbers by, you could go down in history as the greatest, most wonderful, most magnificent squirrels ever to tear around the trunk of an ancient oak! Imagine our troubled nation, saved by a case of rabies that won't even be noticed right away because the human you need to bite already acts rabid.

Squirrels! Squirrels! To arms, citizens! Sacrifice yourselves for the greater good! Just take on a case of rabies, bite a few humans (especially those with weird hair who lumber), and wrap yourselves in the flag.

We, the humans of America -- as well as all of squirrelkind -- plead with you to do your duty, for God and country. If you commit this magnificent act of self-sacrifice, I personally will see that you get a statue in Yellowstone National Park. A big one, with fresh peanuts doled out daily to all visitors.

Please, please! So much is riding on your fluffy little tails!

Sincerely,
Anne Johnson

5 comments:

anne marie in philly said...

:)

Bob said...

And the squirrels shall save America!

Harry Hamid said...

I'll come by and say something publicly about this in a few days... once I see whether Secret Service nabs you for conspiring with squirrels.

yellowdoggranny said...

just don't eat them nuts you find laying around.

Davoh said...

Oooer, as an Aussie - dunno too much about what really happens in your patch of the woods ... but hey, was watching a local TV report from one of our "foreign correspondents" standing in front of 1600 P A ...
. and a squirrel "photo bombed" - twice.

Amid the apparent recent chaos in the 'White House' these days ...
am glad to see an aberrant, and unpredictable - believable entity from the REAL world .... pooking it's nose (and tail) into international reportage of vague importance. ... meh.