The Later life of Squirrel Nutkin?
While out for a walk with Zoe, I came across this strange and somewhat uncanny sight: A dead squirrel on the side of the road with a dollar bill clutched between its paws.
Another promising career in nut gathering and cat evasion cut short in the pursuit of the almight buck.
queue "Deception" by Blackalicious
The next day the squirrel was still there, but had been despoiled of his $1 (I wonder what the currency exchange rate is to squirrel bucks -- maybe he was a squirrel millionaire!).
