Well, it happened again.

Without even trying, we’ve managed to add another live animal to the displays at the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center.

Some of you may remember the story of Earl Templeton Esq., the young hooded rat who last year made his way into our building, and hearts, via a garbage can and a five-gallon bucket. (Long story short: Someone dumped the rat into a park district trash receptacle, where he was discovered by our parks department coworkers. Knowing he wasn’t trash, but unsure exactly what to do, they brought him to us, and today Templeton lives the life of a King – or Earl – in the back room at HK.)