Colby Farm in Newbury, Mass. (a/k/a Chipmunk Heaven)
We snuck into the car and hitched a ride with mom. While she
was photographing we harvested seeds. I never realized how tall
sunflowers are. We had to do a lot of climbing. We were so busy climbing and
harvesting we forgot to set a lookout. The farmer caught us red handed. But he
was really nice about it. His perspective was we only took 0.0001% of all the
seeds in the field. He even gave us a sunflower on a stalk to bring home to the
Woodpile to show our friends.
We setup the sunflower stalk at the Woodpile but didn’t tell
anyone. We wanted to see how long it took the first critter to notice. Mrs. Spot
was the first to discover it. It took her less than five minutes. She has the
best sniffer in the whole Woodpile.
Mrs. Spot, “Did you smell that odd scent? Could
it be?
No, there aren’t any sunflowers growing around the Woodpile.”
“I don’t remember this being here. I better
investigate.”
“I am out of breath, this thing is really tall.”
“Hey everyone, you got to climb up and see
this.”
“A real live sunflower!”
“Nothing like eating sunflower seeds right off
the plant.”
Spot was soon joined by every chipmunk in the
Woodpile and even the squirrels.
Talk about “party animals” what a glorious mess
they made.
Mrs. Spot, “Quick, time to leave! Mom is coming
with the broom and she isn’t happy
about the mess we made.”
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