Shoplifting Squirrel Steals Chocolate Eggs

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Perilous Times and The Lighter Side.........*
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Shoplifting Squirrel Steals Chocolate Eggs*

Everyone loves "Kinder Surprise" chocolate eggs -- even a squirrel in
Finland, who has taken to shoplifting them from a grocery store.

Just hand over the Kinder eggs and nobody gets hurt.

A squirrel in Finland is nuts about "Kinder Surprise" chocolate eggs --
so much so it has taken to shoplifting them from a grocery shop.

Even worse, the furry varmint is a repeat offender, going into the store
in Jyvaskyla at least twice a day to steal the treats.

The candies, which are made by the Italian company Ferrero, take the
form of a hollow chocolate egg containing a toy in a capsule inside.
They are intended for children -- "Kinder" translates as "children" in
German -- and are hugely popular in Europe where the toys have even
become collectors items among adults.

The manager Irene Lindroos, who has dubbed the bushy-tailed thief the
"Kinder squirrel," told Reuters that the animal always goes straight for
the Kinder eggs. "Other sweets do not seem to interest it as much," she
said. Surprisingly for an animal which is supposed to like nuts so much,
it appears to prefer the plain chocolate Kinder eggs over other products
by the company, such as Ferrero Rocher chocolates which contain a whole
hazelnut.

"It removes the foil carefully, eats the chocolate and leaves the store
with the toy," Lindroos said. However the tiny delinquent -- who clearly
has no social conscience -- leaves the wrappers behind.

dgs/reuters