My friend Sean came to visit me in Chicago in October so we made Jack-o-lanterns. Mine was of a devilish grin and Sean's was Ortiz (a regular animal). One morning when I took out the trash I noticed that their faces had been eaten out. I was pretty upset (because they had been excellent pumpkins) and confused (because I couldn't figure out how it had happened) so I just left them there and didn't do anything about it. But then the next morning I was sipping tea and looking out on my back porch, and that's when I saw this squirrel stuffing his face with our beautiful hallowed gourds. When he saw that he was being watched, he scurried a little ways away, whence I grabbed my camera and caught him on his second go-at-it. He was totally shameless. I didn't tell Sean about it for a little while because I was sad and didn't want to upset him too. But eventually I did tell him, mostly because I just downloaded Picasa and so I was able to put the pictures into a photo collage that kind of made the whole thing seem a little funny. I don't like to clean so I ended up just leaving the devoured remains outside until all that was left were the bright orange candles.