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The dog and I issued forth for a late morning walkies, just as a squirrel darted out from the next-door driveway. The squirrel zipped up the nearest street tree in a flash, the dog lunged after it—to the consternation of the next-door couple, who were walking up at that moment with tired toddlers in their arms. I explained there had been a squirrel while the dog decided we ought to cross the street at great speed in case the rodent had gone that way.