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Many thanks to the unknown individual who originally coined the term "fatal squirrel" to refer to the "fatal MySQL error" which has taken up residence on P&S! This fond nickname provided the inspiration for my story! ;-) Thanks also to watercrystals for her Shout concerning "squirrel repellent" (!), and to autumnamberleaves for research assistance and enthusiastic support. I am also indebted to The Squirrel Board DOT com website for basic info about ordinary squirrels. I am an American writer, but I have tried to include some APPROXIMATE metric measurement conversions to facilitate reading for my worldwide audience. Also, I am not dissing the French (j'aime bien les francais!), and you'll need to forgive my Latin! Rated T for creature violence and some graphic Eww! Profanity warning is for a couple of D-words/couple of British B-words.