Today, I headed out to the bank to do some minor business and left Violet home with Ken. He also had to take care of some business and put Violet in her Bumbo seat to play with her pals on the mat. When he came back into the living room, he found Ruby near Violet looking at her. Turns out, Ruby was waiting for Violet to thank her for the "gift" she brought in to her tiny baby...a dead squirrel...recently killed and lovingly presented to Violet on her play mat! Ken yelled at poor, thoughtful Ruby and took the dead beastie outside. Violet seemed to have missed the whole thing as purple giraffe was really interesting to her. The mat is being cleaned ala Silkwood. The squirrel has been buried. I was seriously gone all of 10 minutes.
I think it is quite evident that Ruby likes Violet. It is a big job to catch and kill a squirrel, especially with all of the escape trees we have in our yard. That is catch number 2 for sure, 3 if you count the one Ken found that was just a pile of squirrel fluff...kill #1...that we know of. We hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
Oh, and there was no blood to be found...we figure it had a heart attack and some major internal injuries from being tossed about for fun when it was caught.
NEIL: mid-July thru mid-Oct 2008
16 years ago
3 comments:
Oh noooooooooooooo!
That said, that shows a lot of love from Ruby, you're right. She'll love that story one day when she's an adult.
Gosh, I hope it was just that ONE time. Gulp.
Pretty much sure that is why we have no dog and no doggie door. The scarier part is - what kind of presents will Violet give to Ruby once she figures out how the game is played.
There is only room for improvement! Wonder what she'll do on your next exodus. Hmm.
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