Crackers

I think I've mentioned before that we're on the first of a three floored office building. The middle area is an open aired courtyard with a little stream, trees, etc. Have I mentioned that there's a woman (let's call her Marj) who feeds the squirrels in the courtyard? It's a boy squirrel, named Crackers and a girl and baby. Crackers will eat out of Marj's hand. That's about all the back story you need...

Recently, a boy and girl duck appeared in the courtyard one morning. They'd flop around in the stream...pretty cute. One of the IT guys loved to run after them to make them fly around like mad - so mean. Shortly after they arrived, the office manager said the building didn't want the the ducks around because their droppings clog the drains in the stream and it's too expensive to clean. So bye-bye ducks.

This morning things started all normal. Marj fed Crackers at 8:30am, like usual. Then, a couple hours later, word spread. The office manager found a squirrel in the courtyard, dead. He covered the body with a plastic grocery bag. Then Marj identified the body...it was Crackers. I wonder if we'll have a memorial service?