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新聞來源：http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=34481&in_page_id=34

Crafty fox closes shoe shop
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

A nosy fox has forced a trendy shoe shop to shut its doors for the day.

Customers might expect an apologetic notice on a shop door to offer staff shortages, bad weather or a power cut as an excuse.
But a vulpine answer to Imelda Marcos was to blame for uproar at the Office store in Portobello Road, West London.

The fox followed a shopper inside before wandering nonchalantly around the footwear displays, then settling down with snome trainers.

Some customers yelped and fled the shop in panic - while others rushed to take photos of the unexpected visitor.

But staff were forced to usher everyone outside and close down while worried about whether the fox carried an infection.

Shop manager Sarah Adeyemi said: ’Nobody even noticed him when he first walked in because he was just trotting along behind a woman and a pram, minding his mown business.

’The shop was quite busy, so it wasn’t long before he was spotted and then there was a real commotion.

’We often deal with wasps and pigeons but have never had a fox to visit.

’We couldn’t tell if he was diseased or if he would make our customers sick.’

They put up a sign saying: ’We r closed due to a diseased fox in the store.’

Despite appearing calm to begin with, the fox later panicked and began banging his head against the window - as a crowd gathered on the other side of the pane.

RSPCA officers eventually cornered him behind the till, and took him to be released into the countryside.