February 2021 – Aspen's Wildlife Tails

Chapter 1: Rock Thieves

Six-foot tall, a beast covered in fur growled as he approached. Inside were two innocent creatures oblivious of his approach. Unusually cold, but inside it was cozy and warm. Suddenly there was a loud banging. They knew he’d found them. Inside the safety of their home, they scurried frantically. There was…

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Chapter 1: The Nest

Aspen and her little brother, Jack, crawled commando-style on their bellies, through the tall grasses of the backyard; they slowly approached their target. A nest of bunnies in a small divot in the ground, lined with rabbit fur and grass lay straight before them. Jack’s dog, Vader, found the nest the…

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Chapter Two: Rescued

Honk! Honk! Honk! Kim’s truck horn alerted Aspen that she was ready to go. She finished slipping her hiking boots on, deciding to tie them in the truck. Kim had texted her early that morning and asked her to be ready to go on a rescue at 9 am. They had…

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Books Squirrel on the Run

Chapter Three: The Color Run

The phone at the center rang, and rang, call after call. Thunderstorms rolled through the area the night before making it a very busy Saturday. Most of the calls were minor; many about birds that could either be placed back in their nests or in a new makeshift nest hung in…

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Books Squirrel on the Run

Chapter Four: Where’s the Wild

Slam! Aspen’s foot smashed a cockroach that crossed the floor in front of her. Pinching the bug between her thumb and pointer finger, she picked it up by a leg, its two-inch dark brown body dangling from her fingers. Aspen grabbed Trinity’s enclosure key and took the bug outside to its…

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Books Squirrel on the Run

Chapter Five: The Kayaker

Jack, wearing his coolest sunglasses and khaki explorers hat, clipped his life vest, and waded down to his kayak, while his sister, Aspen, watched as he climbed in. She handed him the paddle and then stepped into hers, wobbling just a bit. That wobble always made her nervous; she had fallen…

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Chapter Six: Jurassic Beast

Dusty and Aspen headed out to a remote part of the lake after receiving an urgent hotline call. A neighbor spotted a monster of a snapping turtle across the cove with an arrow stuck in its neck. They pulled up to the address and found an empty home with a for…

By Josie Seacrist Books, Squirrel on the Run

Books Squirrel on the Run

Chapter Seven: A Summer’s Day

The following day when Aspen went into the center, she learned the snapping turtle she and Dusty rescued was at a local veterinarian’s office having the arrow surgically removed from its neck. It turned out it was not an ordinary arrow, but a fishing arrow that had three prongs, which popped…

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Books Squirrel on the Run

Chapter Eight: Squirrel on the Run

Aspen tried to volunteer at the center a few times a week, depending on her college workload. Organic Chemistry was taking up a lot of her time. It was a diffcult subject for her; she needed extra help from the campus tutor. She was volunteering at the center to relax; sometimes…

By Josie Seacrist Books, Squirrel on the Run

Books Squirrel on the Run

Chapter Nine: Freedom

Leaves changed color and fell as the air cooled while the semester continued. Aspen was studying when she got a message from Kim, "Hey Aspen, this is Kim from the center. I was wondering if we could release some squirrels out at your parents’ house. Give me a call." Arrangements were…

By Josie Seacrist Books, Squirrel on the Run