roadkill stew

yesterday i was riding my bike home from school... i took some detours for fun, and with my work clothes in a sidebag, i got a pretty good workout lugging things. i was riding out along route 8 where there aren't many houses. i had just been noticing the junkyard down the hill from the road on the right when i noticed an animal on the side of the road. along this route, i see lotsa dead raccoons, groundhogs, possums, squirrels... i thought, this one looks fresh, his fur isn't as dusty and matted as most roadkill. i was within a foot of this guy when he picked up his head looking at me, i was freaked out but he just stayed there, didn't run away at all. i thought he'd either run away or try to bite me since i snuck up on him. he was a good groundhog, though.