Squirrel Visits His Rescuer Every Day For Years - The Dodo
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00:00 I'm so attached to a squirrel.
00:02 You've been busy today, I haven't seen you.
00:05 Hi, sweetheart.
00:07 Four years ago, I rescued Mr. Peaches,
00:11 and he still comes back to visit to this day.
00:14 You're okay, little boy.
00:20 He knows when it's playtime,
00:22 Dina and I will come after a day's work
00:24 and sit outside and play with him,
00:26 and he'll get a butt rub.
00:28 (upbeat music)
00:30 And he kisses me, so I guess he knows he's loved.
00:32 Is that you, Mr. Peachy?
00:36 It makes me smile every time I see him.
00:39 Is that you?
00:40 There you go, sweetheart.
00:44 Oh, it's you.
00:45 Mr. Peaches is definitely a member of my family.
00:49 Hello, Mr. Peachy.
00:51 Come on in, come on.
00:53 Right up the leg.
00:56 Let me get you some nuts.
00:58 My daughter found a baby squirrel on our deck,
01:04 and the mother was nowhere to be found.
01:06 We knew that he needed help, and we started to feed him.
01:11 Mr. Peaches lived in a little wicker drawer
01:14 for the first three months,
01:16 and then my father had made him a wooden pagoda
01:19 that we hung from the ceiling,
01:21 because squirrels feel safest when they're higher.
01:24 Good morning.
01:25 (laughs)
01:27 Good morning.
01:28 He made himself a nice little home inside that pagoda.
01:31 As Mr. Peaches got older, he became very playful,
01:37 and he ended up making a hole in our sunroom.
01:40 So we made a frame around it,
01:43 and we call it the squirrel hole.
01:45 There you go, bubba.
01:46 Come on, come on down.
01:48 He knows that he's always welcome to come in.
01:51 He knows where his nuts are kept.
01:53 He comes in, jumps right up, adds his nuts,
01:56 and then leaves again.
01:57 Mr. Peaches's life and his story really inspired me
02:04 and changed my life in a way that I never expected.
02:08 A lot of his little fans said to me,
02:10 you know, you should write a book.
02:12 The story is so sweet.
02:13 And so I sat down and I wrote a book.
02:17 The news of me rescuing Mr. Peaches got out there,
02:22 and I got a nickname, the crazy squirrel lady.
02:26 And shortly after that, I was contacted
02:30 and subsequently rescued two more squirrels.
02:33 I think that if Mr. Peaches didn't love us
02:38 and feel comfortable here, he wouldn't keep coming back.
02:40 He would have moved on, but he keeps coming back
02:43 and deciding to share his life with us,
02:46 which we are grateful for.
02:47 (gentle music)
02:51 (children chattering)
02:54 [BLANK_AUDIO]