The other morning while I was waiting for my bus at an intersection, I noticed on a kiddy corner to me there was a grey squirrel on the curb. It was prepared to cross a busy east/west thoroughfare in the morning rush hour. The bus was late so I got to watch a small fur-clad rodent crossing a busy street unscathed.
From where I was I saw this little four-legged being braved itself down to the payment from the curb and was set to go. Before it descended to the asphalt, not unlike the flashing amber lights at some intersections, this hairy creature waved its bushy tail up and down to alert the oncoming traffic to stop. But none of the speeding east bound cars noticed this tiny bundle’s friendly signal. For a few times, it nearly got zapped by the fast-moving vehicles zooming by it
Because many daring attempts bore no fruits, to skirt the dangerous traffic, it decided to change its path. Instead of running against the traffic, it went with the flow.
Resulting from this change of direction, it quickly crossed a north/south feeder road of the same intersection without any fanfares. Now it was on the sidewalk at the east/north corner of the same intersection. It still faced the risky task that would get it over to the south side of these crossroads. Not like a few of its peers whom I saw sometimes crossing busy streets by the overhead electrical wires, this little one took advantage of the many bare cherry trees there. It jumped onto the dry branches of the trees from one to another. Continuously it traveled in the air until it reached the midway of this short block. From there it came down to the concrete sidewalk. Finally, it was in a spot that was in a safe distance from the busy intersection and got itself crossed over to the south side of the busy streets safely. - Ayee
