A Day in the Life of a Hedgehog
Madeline Jenkins
I live here in this garden,but I’m not confined to this area.
I’m helpful to have around.I will happily gobble the slugs & snails in your garden.
We sometimes attempt to climb,
But our bodies are not really
designed for this task.
I am not territorial. But prefer my own company.
This fooled the dog!
it tried pushing me along with its
nose but mysharp spines hurt it.
A small leap,and into the next
garden I travel.
The world outside the nest.
Often the gaps are toosmall for us adults
to fit through.
It’s not safe for the young hogs
to be out for a long time.
And so they are left in the nest to shelter.
We can travel through small gaps,As we flatten out our body’s and stretch through.
We have many predators.
We use our senses to carefully decide
on a new route.
I gobbled up the sweet contents. But when finished I found my spines were wedged inside. I luckily managed to rip free.
When the ground is soft we can create a way
through.
Be tidy inthe garden.
We can easily get trapped and hurt.
If you find one ofmy friends who look
on the skinny side,please try to
fatten him orher up by
hibernation.