It’s a squirrel Nathan yelled as he jumped up from the table He ran across the kitchen His father and mother were right behind him He skidded to a stop at the thin screen door standing between him and the squirrel His parents stood beside him It’s just a baby his mother said Instead of running away the little squirrel continued to cling to the screen It tilted its head to the side and looked in at them as they looked out at it He’s so cute Nathan said He is cute but what’s he doing here his mother asked Maybe he wants to come in and join us for supper his father joked 2
Could he Nathan asked I’d share my salad with him He should go back and join his family for dinner Nathan’s mother said She looked at her husband and he nodded in agreement Time to go home little guy his father said as he gently tapped one of his fingers against the screen Instead of running off the squirrel climbed up the screen until it was at the spot where he’d been tapping His father moved his finger and tapped at another spot on the screen and the little animal followed after his finger So what do we do now Nathan asked We could close the door and he might go away his father suggested That would be rude Nathan said 4
But it’s not like we can bring him in Nathan leaned in a little closer to the squirrel He’s crying I don’t think squirrels cry his mother said But I do hear something it’s squeaking He’s probably calling for his mother to come and get him Nathan said Nathan’s father went to close the door and hesitated He knew Nathan was concerned It’ll be okay Nathan I’m sure his mother will come and get him as soon as we close the door Nathan wanted to believe his father but he was worried He nodded his head ever so slightly in agreement His father slowly started to close the door and Wait Nathan called out Look 5
