the kitten chronicles - part 78

Is the squirrel a natural enemy to a cat? Somebody please tell me. This will help explain why the boys have chosen to use Sam's stuffed squirrel as a designated punching bag. But let me back up a bit. Sam loves squirrels. This is public knowledge. And so, much to her enormous chagrin, people give her representations of the noble squirrel hoping to delight her. It doesn't. So deep in the basement among the boxes that returned with her from London there was a life-size, gray, stuffed squirrel. Somehow the ever curious fur-brains found it, dragged it out and proceeded to beat the hell out of it. It is about 2/3rds the size of them and like schoolyard bullies, they can mercilessly kick it around - they'd give it a wedgie but luckily for the squirrel it has no clothing to wedge. What do the boys get out of this? A feeling of animal kingdom superiority?" Bet you wish you were back up your tree now don't you you fuzzy peanut-muncher!!" they cackle. This of course just sounds like, Eek Eek - but I'm translating. Then they pound it with their powerful back legs. They better not try this with a real squirrel or they'll get their nuppins cracked like a walnut. xxx dad