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Hi Ram! When I was quite young, my father and I had an aquarium and kept all the usual fish and, being only six, I thought they were the most unusual creatures I had ever seen. There were Black Mollies, Guppies, lizard named Lizzie, snail (I named Pokie), Siamese Fighting Fish, some kind of Neon fish , and Angel Fish. I'm sure there were more but I don't recall them. At that time, I thought he knew everything there was to know about fish. Together we would watch them being born and Dad would net the fish against the side of the aquarium while she gave birth. I was mesmerized!
Now, the squirrel was really something special. I was probably 11 or 12 years old when my Dad brought Lester home. He had been hunting and found him somewhere in the woods. He was so tiny and frail and had to be fed with a dropper. He survived and grew quickly. I kept Lester's cage by an open window in my room and he would come and go through it. One day, Lester left and never returned. I made up a story, in my mind, that he had met a beautiful female squirrel, fell in love, had babies, and lived happily ever after.
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