Baby Squirrel Rescue

Baby Squirrel Rescue

Written by Kerrie Shanahan Illustrated by Meredith Thomas

Kim looked out the window.

The big, old tree in front of her house had come down.

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Kim went outside and looked at the big, old tree.

She saw some baby squirrels in a nest.

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“Where’s your mother?” said Kim. She looked and looked, but she could not find the mother squirrel.

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“I will help you,” said Kim. She put the baby squirrels in a box.

She took them to the animal hospital.

At the hospital a vet looked at the baby squirrels.

“Screech! Screech! Screech!” they cried.

The vet fed the squirrels some milk.

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Kim went to see the baby squirrels every day.

They were getting bigger and bigger.

Soon they were running and jumping everywhere.

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“Can I feed the squirrels?” said Kim. “No,” said the vet. “They are wild animals. We have to teach them to find food.”

“Why?” said Kim.

“If we teach them how to find food, they will be able to look after themselves,” said the vet.

“Then we can let them go.”

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One day when Kim went to see the squirrels, the vet said, “They can find their own food and make a nest now.

It’s time to let them go.”

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“I have a big tree behind my house,” said Kim. “We could let them go there.”

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So Kim and the vet let the squirrels go at the bottom of Kim’s big tree.

At first, the squirrels didn’t know what to do, but then one squirrel ran up the tree.

Soon all the squirrels were safely up in the tree.

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From then on, Kim looked out for the squirrels. She liked to see them in her tree!

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