Squirrel-ché #3

“You’re a chip off the old squirrel.”

There was once a great statue that stood on the banks of the northern Atlantic coast. An unknown, but extremely talented French sculpture had been anonymously commissioned to create a large statue of the squirrel, standing tall with his chest high and his tail billowing in all its glory. This majestic statue remained quite a mystery for a better part of a century. The surrounding towns in this area made up great stories about how the statue was actually a king that had been petrified by a dark and evil witch. As the story goes, this king was intelligent, compassionate, talented, and loved by all. It wasn’t uncommon to see these villagers visiting the “Old Squirrel,” as they called him, and asking for guidance, prosperity, or health. Unfortunately, a severe storm became the death of this beloved statue, wiping at all traces that it ever existed. Legend has it that if you visit the spot of where this great figure once stood then you’ll be gifted a wonderful and useful talent. And hence, this squirrelism has been said to the gifted for ages to remind them of where they owe their thanks.