deciduous, utilitarian, subtract, perceptive, commission, breakthrough, inspire

一只名叫吱吱的善于察言观色的（perceptive）松鼠住在一片落叶（deciduous）的森林里。吱吱不只是对收集坚果感兴趣；他对生活有一种功利主义（utilitarian）的看法。他观察偶尔来访森林的人类，特别是他们委托（commission）建造喂鸟器的行为。吱吱认为这是促进跨物种合作的重大突破（breakthrough）。他决定从通常埋坚果的日常活动中减去（subtract）自己的努力。取而代之的是，他想通过在喂鸟器附近留下闪亮的石子来‘委托’（commission）人类，希望激励（inspire）他们留下比种子更多的东西。他推理道：‘如果他们用食物激励（inspire）鸟儿，也许我可以用闪亮的东西激励（inspire）他们留下更多！’他那符合逻辑但略显偏颇的计划是，通过让人们成为更可靠的食物来源，来减去（subtract）他囤积食物的需要。这只功利主义（utilitarian）的松鼠相信，这个思维上的重大突破（breakthrough）将使他的生活变得容易得多，这都要归功于他善于察言观色（perceptive）的观察以及那片充满潜在赠送石子者的落叶（deciduous）森林。

A perceptive squirrel named Squeaky lived in a deciduous forest. Squeaky wasn't interested in just gathering nuts; he had a utilitarian approach to life. He observed the humans who sometimes visited the forest, especially their commission of building bird feeders. Squeaky saw this as a breakthrough in interspecies cooperation. He decided to subtract his own efforts from the usual nut-burying routine. Instead, he would 'commission' the humans by leaving shiny pebbles near their bird feeders, hoping to inspire them to leave out more than just seeds. He reasoned, 'If they inspire birds with food, maybe I can inspire them with shiny things to leave more!' His logical, albeit slightly skewed, plan was to subtract the need for him to hoard food by making the humans a more reliable source. The utilitarian squirrel believed this breakthrough in thinking would make his life much easier, all thanks to his perceptive observation and a deciduous forest full of potential pebble-givers.

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