A Bird? A Plane? It's Super-Squirrel - a Poem

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A Bird? A Plane? It's Super-Squirrel - That's not a new bird in your tree. "No no," said Squirrel, "it's I. It's me." And as Squirrel jumped from spot to spot, he boasted loudly, "Ain't I hot?" "I don't choose 'twixt oak or pine, for, after all, they are both mine," "So, you, nice person standing there... don't go thinkin' life's unfair. To be like me, to make life right, just don't eat no kryptonite." "That's what I did - how I bested. No kryptonite - undigested. Began to fly and all the rest. Learned real fast. Made me the best." "Kryptonite? Where to find it? Inside acorns. Gotta grind it. Eat the shell and toss the rest. Won't be long 'fore you're the best." "I teach you this so's you can be super-squirrelly, just like me. Image: Super-Squirrel - Gus Kilthau