Midnight Visitor: Sketch from the Pink Grandma

 

The Mid­night Visitor

Hel­lo Grandchildren,

Grand­pa has the Ring app which allows him to see who’s out­side our house via video. He dis­cov­ered that we have vis­i­tors that enter the court­yard late at night. There’s a large orange cat and anoth­er strange look­ing crea­ture that come around.  They sniff around the court­yard and leave. Once I had left­over cat food out there and the strange look­ing one ate it all.

Here’s a draw­ing of him or her. He or she is as big as a cat and has gray and white fur. He has a very long snout, and he’s not real­ly very cute, frankly, because he has patchy fur and a naked tail. He lum­bers when he moves.

He or she is an opos­sum, which is dif­fer­ent from a pos­sum. This ani­mal is a mar­su­pi­al just like the kan­ga­roo.  They are not aggres­sive ani­mals and are famous for play­ing dead if they are attacked. That’s where the term “play­ing pos­sum” came from. They can pre­tend they are dead for up to six hours.

Here’s a link if you want to learn more about him or her.

https://www.livescience.com/56182-opossum-facts.html

Love,

The Pink Grand­ma, Lola, or Grandma

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