Miss Thelma McDonald, a sweet little old lady, got a great deal of pleasure out of feeding the squirrels in her back yard. There seemed to be a female and a male, whom she named Bonnie and Clyde, and several smaller squirrels whom she assumed were their children. Every morning she would leave mixed nuts under her beautiful sycamore and watch her furry little friends come for breakfast.
Her next door neighbor, old Mr. Curdy, did not enjoy the squirrels. He hated their constant chattering in his trees and he believed they were eating his tomato plants.
So one night, he did a terrible thing. He soaked some acorns in rat poison and threw them under Miss McDonald’s sycamore where the squirrels would find them.
The next morning, Thelma discovered Bonnie and Clyde stiff as boards. Heartbroken, she tenderly scooped them into a burlap sack and drove them to Mr. Gallegher, the only taxidermist in town.
“Looks like somebody poisoned these poor little critters” said Mr. Gallegher as he examined Bonnie and Clyde.
“They were my little friends”, said Miss McDonald sadly “and I’d like to do something to remember them.”
“Would you like to have them mounted?” asked Mr. Gallegher.
Miss McDonald thought for a moment. “No, Mr. Gallegher, just have them holding hands.”
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