Oh to be small, gray and powerful. And oh, to be a gatekeeper of sorts at a public high school where kids are almost always clamoring for an early recess.
One squirrel made the ultimate sacrifice this past week in granting an early exit to students at Summit High School in New Jersey. He paid with his life.
He separated the educational institution from the power grid, no doubt with the only power tools he had at his ready disposal: his teeth.
The cost, to the squirrel, was probably a dear one (it almost always is): He perished in the act of liberating the kids from class. The squirrel went out in a blaze (or at least a smoldering) of glory.
And as one news account relates the tale, shortly after the heroic rodent killed the juice (and himself) some 1,041 students and an estimated 125 staff were set free. Any squirrel can relate to that kind of love: freedom at all costs.
Jersey Central Power and Light indicated that the high school was the only customer to have lost power.
The squirrel's final act, then, seems to have been highly targeted - specific to the school. It was an early Christmas gift to students who would rather have been home anyway instead of hitting the books.
If that doesn't create another 1,041 new squirrel fans instantly, I don't know what does.
Rest in peace little guy. And let's hope the students stopped to feed a few of your cousins on their way home that morning.
2 comments:
I hope the kids will be empowered by this squirrel's sacrifice and the story..so selfless and sacrificial..what a way to live 9and die)..
May his sacrifice be remembered.
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