Meet Fudgie the squirrel; he had a rough start in life

The fox squirrel fit in the palm of her hand. Its eyes hadn’t yet opened. It apparently had fallen from a nest high in a treetop; it was bleeding slightly from a bump on its head. Heeding advice she read on the internet, Linda McCoy placed him in a cardboard box from a fudge store she’d visited in Michigan. The tiny animal curled up in some shredded paper, and she set the box — with a note taped to it that said, “Don’t take the squirrel” — back outside.

She hoped the squirrel’s mother would retrieve it. But a few hours later, nothing had happened. When night fell, McCoy decided to take the squirrel home. (Who wouldn’t be tempted? But that’s not always such a good idea.)

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