We have a small wooden board suspended on a tree in our back garden to feed some of the parrots and squirrels that populate our neighbourhood.
They visit in the morning and evening to see if we have 1 any leftover rice or fruit, and loud noises can be heard if the 2 is empty.
The squirrels are usually the quietest of the creatures that visit, while the parrots are the bossiest. Sometimes, one of the squirrels will 3 in a flowerpot that hangs from the tree. He looks 4 standing on his hind legs, holding up a lump (块) of 5 as big as himself and eating it, his mouth working at great speed. The parrots, however, never let the poor squirrels eat to his heart's 6, often peck (啄) at him and 7 him away.
One day in July last year, something quite 8 happened. A parrot went for the usual 9, but the squirrel, 10 backing away, 11 his head towards the parrot in defence. The parrot gave in 12, and quickly moved to the opposite end of the board before the two of them 13 the feast. The little squirrel 14 that nobody can mess with him and to this day he 15 to stand up to those bossy parrots.
