Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

People here call me Harry. I was called Fluffy, back there, at my place atop the Guava tree in a place, the humans call "Pollachi". When I was about 3 months old, I was abducted by a burly fellow and was handed over to a small boy (He was called 'Abi' and he looked very cute, with 2 broken teeth in the front)..... I vividly remember, the day, I was seized.. ....I could hear my mother wail...I didn't know how to react....I expected them to bring me back to my place...Unfortunately, that remained an expectation....Those 3 months, with my parents were lovely....I fed on guava seeds...My mother ensured that I ate well periodically...She used to repeatedly say "Guava seeds are very nutritious for us, squirrels....You should never miss out on eating these seeds...Why do you think I collect the seeds at the end of the Guava-ripening season ?? " .... My father and I used to climb trees, to visit our relatives and friends...My father was the person, who introduced me to the world of humans...He was the one, who told me stories of Rama, a divine human being, who gave us, the squirrels, a special status, by placing the first three fingers of his hand on our backs....No wonder, we look pretty, with those three lines, adorning our backs :)
Right now, I am uncomfortably resting in my so-called home - A Cage :( Saturday was a very eventful day in my life...It was around 5 in the evening, when I was woken awake, by Abi, who carelessly, jumped from one step to another, three floors down, with me in hand. It was definitely one among the numerous bumpy rides, that this fella has taken me along with....That was the second time, Abi ever brought me down (He lives in an apartment). His sister treats me better, I must say. She can sort of communicate well with me..Abi is still a novice, as far as handling pets (I hate this term..Pets ! We animals, aren't willingly surrendering ourselves as pets to our masters, are we ? We become theirs, under coercion...Sigh ! Nobody is going to listen to my 'give-me-my-rights' talks...) is concerned. When I came down, I could see four people (adolescents rather) standing and talking to each other. There were 2 guys and 2 girls. I could recognize one girl and another guy. Ceaseless rumination, told me that these people, lived in the same apartment and that they had allowed me to run up and down, in their hands,many a time. I saw another girl and something told me, I had seen her before. She never came near me. She felt I was replusive, I presume ! I am not bad-looking, am I ? There was another bespectacled guy, along with them. He was a stranger to me. Abi kept flaunting me off to the 4 of them. He kept exaggerating about the rapport that we shared (Bah ! They were white lies...his sister and I make better companions, than he and I do)...The girl, I knew and the guy, I knew allowed me to walk on their arms...The guy whom I didn't know, touched me in a harmless manner first and allowed me to wriggle in his forearm for a little time. The other girl, was very hesitant, to even touch me. The bespectacled guy, pulled her arm and made her touch me. I could sense the fear in her, when she placed her palm on my back. Poor girl !
When the bespectacled guy, stretched his right arm forward, to allow me take my steps forward, Abi lost eye contact with me. I felt like fleeing, all on a sudden, don't know why. Somehow, the entire concept of freedom, had been ambiguous, till then. But, at that moment, all I wanted to do was to run away, to go back to my parents, to leave Abi, his sister and his parents behind. I decided to just let go. I lunged forward, from the boy's hand. I could sense the fragrance of the trees behind, in the backyard. I decided to climb up a tree. But the wall was a stumbling block, for me. I was forced to run around the apartment, for quite sometime. The four adolescents were frantically searching for me. I was too quick for them. Thank Heavens ! Abi kept bouncing up and down, talking about me and my relationship with him and his sister in an exaggerated manner, stating that he would be in a soup, once his sister comes to know about my escapade. The girl, who belonged to my apartment, looked uncomfortable. She felt a little queasy about my running away. Nobody knew, where I was. I was hiding behind a sewage pipe, watching the 5 anxious humans, communicating with each other. The bespectacled guy was telling the others, that he could get Abi another squirrel from some pet shop or the other. He kept asking people, if squirrels were available in pet shops. I desperately wanted to talk to the bespectacled boy, wanted to convey a big thanks to him, for not having stopped me, from running around, for having shown me the path to freedom. The boy, who belonged to the apartment, tried searching for me, under the red car, that always stood in my apartment. The 5 of them vanished for sometime. I loitered around the apartment, during their absence. After a few minutes, I saw Abi's parents coming down with them. Again, the small search party began hunting for me. I could see them bringing down, my usual meal of synthetic tutty-fruity pieces and a bowl of milk. I was tempted to consume them. But the sweetness of freedom, tasted better than the saccharine tutty-fruity pieces.
I tried climbing the wall, inorder to jump onto the other side, but in vain. I gave in easily. Without my knowledge, I somehow, revisited the area, where the humans were standing. Stupidity...Heights of Insaneness...I shouldn't have done that...Am still cursing myself for having done that.... They spotted me......I was free for a few minutes and that gave me so much gratification..Perpetual freedom is all I pine for...

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Based on a true life incident

The characters :
The girl, who belonged to the apartment - My friend Lakshmi
The guy, who belonged to the apartment - Her brother Haran
The bespectacled guy - Sharan
The other girl, who was a little scared of the squirrel - Yours truly