My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. That first year, I1feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no2coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no3and didn't escape. When I threw carrot slices to them, they even came for a nibble(一小口). Slowly they came to4me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.
That second year, the rabbits5me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I6that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an7interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long8, with a keen eye on those teeth, and9, there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching(用力嚼)on carrots. A few months later, while10, she would even tum her back to me. 11when she was facing away, I reached out and 12scratched(挠) her back with my finger. She didn't move.
By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog13didn't have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea. I'd always14. While slicing up carrots, that the end of the carrot looked like a cap.15one day, just to see what she would do, I gently 16one on top of the groundhog's head. Again, not a17. The next time, I had my camera ready to record what I see here, one of several dozen such pictures.18she had a slice to eat. She never19with the one on her head. It was a fair 20—I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.
