The next-door neighbors put pumpkins out, and a particularly noisy squirrel went to town on them shortly before Halloween. Ada likes to sit on the stairs watching him and muttering darkly about what she’ll do once she finally escapes her unjust captivity:
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Oh, that’s just like our Ripley… I can even ‘chatter’ like she does and if she’s dead asleep in the other room, she’ll wake up and ZOOOOOOOM to the front window to join in.