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The Fox Who Came to Dinner - NYTimes.com (http://opinionator.blogs.... http://graphics8.nytimes.... )
The Fox Who Came to Dinner - NYTimes.com (http://opinionator.blogs.... http://graphics8.nytimes.... )
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"Persuaded by the meat scraps I scattered outside, the fox appeared more often. One late summer night, as Greg and I celebrated our first anniversary, the fox tentatively nosed its way onto the deck, toward the smell of grilled lamb. As we toasted with cava and watched the stars appear one by one, we tossed the meaty bones out into the yard for our visitor, whom we now called Little One.
He became a regular guest at my house. Evenings, Little One showed up, setting off the motion sensor light outside, and out I'd come, food in hand. Sometimes he sat facing the door, looking at the house with the big unblinking eyes of a Victorian beggar.
There were a million reasons not to feed the fox, the least of which was the bigger predators he might attract. But it was too late. He'd developed a habit of sitting on the deck at the top of the steps, just as Elvis had, watching the yard from his perch. Ridiculously, I worried he didn't have enough food. There were even nights when I went barefoot out into the snow to look for him, calling his name."
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