Stumpy and Stumpette

Two very small back runts.
Nowhere near as plush as their
intact counterparts sporting their
long, luxurious tails. These two
tail-deprived ones have managed to
gain their special talents prodded by
necessity, the will to survive
despite lack of advantage.

They create their adeptness,
physical dexterity and balance
without benefit of a tail. But, male
and female, they do differ. Stumpy
preferring to consume all the
peanuts which, one by one, he
cadges from us, through typically
bold entitled confrontations.

While Stumpette, eager but cautious,
hesitant yet trusting (neither
consulting with one another, for
each lives separate lives on opposite
ends of the forest divide) takes each
proffered peanut, to prudently bury
within her forest-floor pantry
to be retrieved when need is dire.