Chickens and Squirrels Don’t worry (or get upset) there are no squirrels in the Cook Islands (I know Ben Wu would be sad, he’s a big fan). We have chickens instead. Lots of chickens. Everywhere you look, chickens running around. Wild, rampant, domesticated chickens. The other day I decided to take a nap on the couch in the living room. There was a chicken and 3 chicks out side clucking away. I hear them getting progressively louder and open my eyes to find them standing there, inside the house, about 10 feet away. I tell them no chickens in the house and they actually seemed to understand pretty well, although one chick got confused about the transparent properties of glass. I was thinking they’re almost the replacement of squirrels. Granted, you won’t see them chewing an
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