The Ant and the Grasshopper

All winter long, squirrels battle the elements. They are tough like the mailman. It doesn’t matter if it’s snowing like crazy…

or there’s a 40-degrees-below-zero windchill…

They are in the thick of it, scrounging for food and trying to stay alive.

Meanwhile, chipmunks spend their entire winter snoozing and snacking in a warm burrow. They avoid the snow and ice and frigid temperatures. They emerge all fat and sassy in March once all the bad weather has passed.  Much to the chagrin of the squirrels, the chipmunks immediately vacuum up every nut and seed they can find.

I bet squirrels really hate chipmunks.