Saturday, August 31, 2019

The 2nd Shriek

   The First Shriek:   The Sparrow in the Shower
         Blood-curdling that time, much like the "Psycho" scene where poor Janet Leigh is accosted in the shower. This was the shower and she was in there, most likely conditioning her hair, when somehow a poor misguided sparrow found itself in there at the same time. It was chilling, the sounds. All the rescuer needed to do was open the window, which is in the same venue as the shower itself, and the bird flew away.
        The Second Shriek:  The Chipmunk Beneath the Walkway
                Years later, so this time the shriek was more of an excited nature, though still of repulsiveness, when she happened upon a chipmunk poking its head through a  crevice in the brick walkway leading to the house. It was of her doing this time, because  her overly diligent attempt to remove crabgrass growing between the bricks left an opening, which evidently struck a chipmunk family as the perfect housing opportunity. She was walking out toward her car, and a chipmunk stuck its head up through this hole:

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