July 12, 2008 in Features

The Slice: Lost highway probably ruined his trip

Paul Turner Staff writer

Tags: the slice

It was a case of here today, gone today.

To make way for a reroofing, a tree-trimmer had snipped a few limbs off a big maple draped over a one-story South Hill house. A few hours later, a puzzled squirrel could be seen up on that same roof. Clearly the animal wondered what had happened to the aerial arterial that had been there just that morning.

There’s no telling what the bewildered rodent concluded. But it’s hard to resist trying to guess.

A) “Man, I’ve got to stop drinking.”

B) “Is this an episode of ‘The Twilight Zone’?”

C) “Apparently …

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