Here Lies Baby Fox

I have mentioned several times that there is a baby fox and a baby deer in our neighborhood. I was not worried about the deer, deer have a good reputation. When you think of a young deer you think of Bambi, cute and lovable. But foxes have had bad press. They have a reputation of being sly, and well, carnivorous. Meat eaters without mercy. The baby fox in our neighbor hood was afraid of its own shadow. It think he probably got departed from his mother at a young age. He walked around our neighborhood in the wide open, not sure what step to take next and always looking around. Our neighbors across the street has a little concrete cylinder shape bridge at the front of their driveway. I saw the baby fox several times go into the long dark round hole under the driveway. I think it felt safe there. Apparently the neighbor saw it go into the hole too, it was long until slats of wood were nailed into the ground blocking his passage underneath. Another neighbor yesterday or the day before saw the baby fox lying on the side of the road dead. He made a cross for the scared-no-more animal.