As most Patriots know, at the head of today's bushytail horde, the Squirrel Enforcement Army, is the infamous Tufty the Traffic Safety Squirrel.

Tufty burst upon the scene in the 1960's with his Tufty Club and it's manifesto of terror (see link below). But who preceded Tufty?

To answer that question we bring you our series...

IN 1964, SQUEAKY THE SQUIRREL LIVED IN A FOREST WITH HER HUBBY, BUSHY. FOR SOME REASON, SQUEAKY WAS UNABLE TO CHITTER, ONLY SQUEAK, AND BUSHY WAS APPARENTLY MUTE.

SOMEHOW, THE TWO MANAGED TO CONTROL MOST OF THEIR FOREST UNTIL ONE DAY IT BURNS DOWN.

BOTH SQUEAKY AND BUSHY ESCAPE, BUT THEY BECOME SEPARATED WHEN BUSHY FLOATS DOWN A RIVER ON A LOG. DISTRAUGHT, SQUEAKY SAYS "SQUEAK, SQUEAK" AND RUNS OFF.

AT THAT POINT, THINGS GET A LITTLE MURKY. SQUEAKY LOOKS FOR A NEW HOME AND FINDS ONE. HOWEVER, THE NEST IS FILLED WITH BABY SKWERLS. HOW THEY CAME TO BE THERE IS NEVER ADEQUATELY EXPLAINED.

THINGS GET WEIRDER WHEN BUSHY RETURNS FROM LORD KNOWS WHERE AND THE BABY SKWERLS RECOGNIZE HIM... SQUEAKY ONLY SAYS "SQUEAK, SQUEAK" TO THIS RATHER ODD TURN OF EVENTS...

SCENES FROM SQUEAKY
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ANY CHANCE SQUEAKY AND BUSHY HAD OF RECONQUERING THE FOREST DIED SOON AFTER BUSHY'S RETURN WHEN A WEASLE AND A WOLF DISCOVER THEIR PLANS. THEY REFUSE BUSHY'S ATTEMPT TO BUY THEIR SILENCE AND RUN OFF TO WARN THE OTHER ANIMALS.

LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT SQUEAKY AND BUSHY'S SUBSEQUENT EXPLOITS. IT'S BELIEVED THAT THEY DIVORCED IN 1965 AFTER THE CHILDREN WERE GROWN AND GONE. BUSHY THEN JOINED TUFTY THE TRAFFIC SAFETY SQUIRREL'S SQUIRREL ENFORCEMENT ARMY. HE MAY HAVE MET HIS FATE IN 1968 WHEN HIS SQUAD MADE A WRONG TURN IN KENTUCKY DURING SQUIRREL HUNTING SEASON.

AS FOR SQUEAKY, HER CURRENT WHEREABOUTS ARE UNKNOWN...