Chip Nuts: The Squirrel, The Legend

                    When I was a boy I knew I was destined for great things.  I couldn't tell you how I knew but I did.  On my way to the top there where haters, not gonna lie, but like I always say "haters are my motivators".  My name is Chip Nuts, and I was the first squirrel to go to college, and this is my legacy.  

                    I grew up in an upper middle class squirrel home.  My childhood home was a sturdy oak tree and my parents had normal squirrel lives.  I was an only child, but my brother Barry was my best friend.We had good times as kids, going out and gathering nuts, and storing them in our cheeks.  those where the good days, the days I look back on and remember being happy.  But something isn't beautiful because it lasts forever.  One day while me and Barry where collecting nuts he got it in his head to cross the road.  Sometimes Barry could be a real dumby.  And he decided to cross to late.  He was hit by a mini van, and I watched him die.  I had to tell my ma and pa.  Those where dark days.  I started drinking, and I lost myself for a while.  The thing that brought me back was the pool table at the local bar.  The first few times I played I was pretty good, but I got a lot of hate because they all said a squirrel couldn't play pool.  That was my motivation.  I practiced every day after that and slowly came off the booze.  The game of pool was my saving grace.  

                       Eventually I started playing for money and helped my parents out with a little financial problem.  The stock market crash in '08 hit us all hard.  Eventually I started playing in regional and national tournaments.  Being a squirrel gave me a competitive advantage, because no one expected to be playing a squirrel.  In 2010 I won my first national tournament.  After that I started receiving letters from Stanford asking me to join their team and I could go to school for free.  That was when I realized I could go to college.  "You can't play pool" they said, "you can't go to college" they said.  "Don't let your dreams be dreams" - Shia Labeouf.