"The hot summer sun had descended and made way for the cool night with its gentle breeze. Well, the young possum, dubbed Pat, crawled forth from his hiding spot and popped his head out from the garage. Raising his moist, pink nose and gazing up at the stars with his black, beady eyes, Pat deemed it a most pleasant evening for a stroll.
At first, he quenched his thirst at a small pool of hose water that had collected in an old clay pot. But then the scent of ripe blueberries wafted towards him on an easy breeze. He did feel a bit peckish and those blueberries were looking quite plump and delicious.
He gracefully waddled to the nearest cluster of blueberry bushes. Not being one to waste time and energy, Pat dined on the finest berries that had already fallen to the ground. And if he happened to come across a tasty bug or two, even better.
In the distance, he was aware or something going schnick but paid no mind to it and continued to nose around for delicacies. Pat did, however, notice the skittering of nails followed by the thundering of paws. He recalled the feeling of being carried in large jaws and the unpleasantness of being stepped on and confined.
With the speed of a fat cat, Pat climbed his way up into one of the blueberry pots. The familiar scent of a big grayish thing with a black nose and large teeth was getting stronger. He could hear it searching for him. "I'd like to see it try this time!" Pat gleefully thought to himself as he dove between a set of v-shaped stems.
Pat tucked his head down and slowed his breathing just in time to feel a very blunt and wet nose jab into his side, inhaling deeply. For a moment his heart stopped.
But just as soon as the nose had arrived, it was gone, preceded by a call and followed with a resounding schnick.
"Guess I better get this meal to go," Pat said to no one."
Really, what other story could you come up with when you come upon a possum tucked into a ball in branching base stems of a blueberry plant, making itself difficult to get a mouth around, let alone be pulled free from the bush?
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