First, he went to the carousel to confront the squirrels. He asked them gently if they’d be so kind as to leave the premise only for two hours, so his grandchildren could play. But they refused. They shook their small squirrel heads and refused. Gerald began to softly hyperventilate. He should have never given the squirrels the park. Slowly, he left them. Gerald agreed that he didn’t have time to think about another plan, he would have to do something or else his grandchildren would never want to come back to his house. As much as he thought before that he wouldn’t care about them, or how many years had passed, the feeling of guilt ran over him in jolts like he was being electrocuted. He stood square to the squirrel who refused him, held out his hands, picked up the tiny body, and threw him onto the ground. There was a small pause of time before he had really realized what he had done. The fluffy animal lay limp on the dirt. Gerald shed a small tear. But this was the road he felt he was destined to take, for his grandkids. He ran back to his musty, dusty home. The grandchildren sat contently at the dinner table, still nibbling on their
First, he went to the carousel to confront the squirrels. He asked them gently if they’d be so kind as to leave the premise only for two hours, so his grandchildren could play. But they refused. They shook their small squirrel heads and refused. Gerald began to softly hyperventilate. He should have never given the squirrels the park. Slowly, he left them. Gerald agreed that he didn’t have time to think about another plan, he would have to do something or else his grandchildren would never want to come back to his house. As much as he thought before that he wouldn’t care about them, or how many years had passed, the feeling of guilt ran over him in jolts like he was being electrocuted. He stood square to the squirrel who refused him, held out his hands, picked up the tiny body, and threw him onto the ground. There was a small pause of time before he had really realized what he had done. The fluffy animal lay limp on the dirt. Gerald shed a small tear. But this was the road he felt he was destined to take, for his grandkids. He ran back to his musty, dusty home. The grandchildren sat contently at the dinner table, still nibbling on their