Anh chàng cung cấp hạt cho sóc chuột nhận lại ‘khoản thanh toán’ bất ngờ
“[Nó] khiến tôi tin vào ma thuật, nghe có vẻ kỳ lạ.”
Vài năm trước, ngay sau khi chuyển đến nhà của mình, người dùng TikTok Adam phát hiện ra mình có một số người hàng xóm vô cùng đáng yêu.
Họ là những con sóc chuột, sống hạnh phúc xung quanh tài sản của anh.
“Tôi luôn nhìn thấy chúng trong vườn và sân của mình”, Adam nói với The Dodo. “Tôi có ít nhất ba người mà tôi biết. Đây là năm thứ hai của tôi với các chàng trai nhỏ.”
Anh quyết định làm quen với họ.
Adam began leaving the occasional pile of nuts out for the chipmunks to munch on, a friendly gesture to help keep their bellies full. And from there, they began to trust him.
Before long, the chipmunks didn’t even wait for Adam to put the snacks down.
“I love our interactions,” Adam said. “It makes me feel like I’m connecting with nature.”
Admittedly, these are one-sided sorts of transactions. But Adam feels happy knowing the chipmunks aren’t struggling to survive.
However, the other day, while feeding a chipmunk, Adam actually got something in return.
Arriving to collect his treat, this chipmunk brought along a few leaves in exchange:
Adam isn’t sure the leaves were meant as a payment, per se. He suspects that the chipmunk had been in the process of collecting bedding for his nest and simply set them down to grab some food.
But he enjoyed the moment regardless.
“[An interaction like this] makes me believe in magic, as weird as it sounds,” Adam said.
Though the chipmunk might not have viewed the leaves as payment, Adam still senses that his kind gesture isn’t taken for granted.
“I definitely think they appreciate the help filling their cheeks,” he said. “That comes as its own reward.”
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