The two mermaids came to spend the night at Monya's house last night. This morning they woke up long before noon and immediately went outside to play. Abby decided to climb the tree in the back yard. Until that point, it was just a normal day.
Suddenly, Monya heard screaming coming from the back yard. She hurried outside, and Abby began crying, "there's a raccoon in this tree...and he's looking at me!"
Monya managed to coax Abby down from the tree without furthur incident, but Abby seemed quite frightened by the experience. By the time I arrived at home, Abby was long gone, and the poor tired raccoon was sleeping peacefully in his perch.
The dozing interloper is just barely visible in this photo. He actually woke up and looked at me while I took this picture.
4 comments:
Oh my gosh, I am glad he left her alone. They can be nasty!!
Good instincts Abby. Those things are every bit the bandits they look like.
We lost a few baby chicks this year to a similar looking chap.
It could have been a kerfuffle, but Abby listened to her Grandma, stopped looking at the raccoon, who was trying to surmise if he was dreaming or what, having been awakened from its nap. She retraced her steps out of the tree. On her own steam!
It is my view that the worst part was being taken unawares. It would have likely been the same fear regardless of creature. Sometimes girls just don't like surprises! In the future we will all examine the canopy of our favorite climbing tree, even Monya!
Yesterday afternoon Bop-op went out to see if the raccoon was still there and evidently that uppity raccoon found accomodations where management insured an uninterrupted nap!
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