Nature Hike

The chatter of a squirrel reverberated through the woods drawing the attention of the young couple walking along the forest trail.  They looked around tipping their heads back to follow the trunks up into the canopy above them.

“There.  See that bundle of leaves.  That’s a squirrel nest.”  She said, pointing upwards.  “That was the chattering we heard.  Do you see it?”

The four-year-old boy standing next to her looked up.

“Where?”

“Here, look along my arm.  Do you see it?”  She said squatting down.

“Yes.  Is the squirrel in there?’

“Maybe.  Or he could be in the tree somewhere.”