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 no2 coming 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 (薄片), they even came for a nibble (啃). Slowly they came to 4me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.
That second year, the rabbits 5 me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I noticed that a groundhog who used to run away was now taking an 6interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long 7, with a keen eye on those teeth, and before long, there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching (津津有味地咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while 8, she would even turn her back to me. Once when she was facing away, I reached out and 9 scratched (搔) her back with my finger. She didn't move.
By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog10didn't have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea. I'd always 11, while slicing up carrots, that the end looked like a cap. So one day, just to see what she would do, I gently 12 one on top of the groundhog's head. Again, not a 13. The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures. So long as she had a slice to eat, she never14the one on her head. It was a fair 15— I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.