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September 20, 2005
Of course, I had mouse catching dreams all night.
I knew there was going to be trouble when I walked up the driveway last Tuesday only to find it littered with the bodies of five little dead mice. That same evening, Clem and Rosa began staring intently at one corner of the TV room, occasionally poking their paws in the little crack between the floorboards and the wall.
When I saw this scene, I knew it was true:
We had a mouse. I tried to ignore all the shuffling and jumping and pounding I heard from the kitchen cabinet while I read La numancia in our bedroom. But then I heard: "eek... eek." I went out into the kitchen and found Clem and Rosa looking excited and confused, with a mouse cowering between them.
Here's the thing about my cats: they'll chase a bug all over the house without so much as successfully swatting it once. I always figured they'd have an easier time catching a mouse, what with the no flying thing. But they didn't catch this guy. They stopped him a few times as he was trying to run away: a little tap with the paw to stun him into not moving. But they never actually got him and he escaped under the refrigerator.
I am pretty sure the mouse is still in the house and still alive. Clem keeps checking under the kitchen sink, but there's been no more excitement so far. I just don't want them to kill the mouse on the new couch. Is that too much to ask?
Posted by kelseyfrost at September 20, 2005 09:36 AM
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hey. it's the kelsey girl again. sorry about the mix up. for some reason i thought your last name was frost. but it's still cool. gosh...i can't stand mice so i would hate having one in my house. i wish you the best of luck in catching it. unless you like mice and just don't care. haha. have a great day. bye.
Posted by: kelsey frost at September 20, 2005 01:03 PM
hey. it's the kelsey girl again. sorry about the mix up. for some reason i thought your last name was frost. but it's still cool. gosh...i can't stand mice so i would hate having one in my house. i wish you the best of luck in catching it. unless you like mice and just don't care. haha. have a great day. bye.
Posted by: kelsey frost at September 20, 2005 01:04 PM
Don't worry about the couch. If they actually manage to catch it and figure out how to kill it, it's unlikely they'll actually break the poor thing's skin. Usually they just bat it around and carry it from room to room until you take it away.
My cat is useless as well; she won't catch bugs, or even try. She'd be a horrible barn cat, unable to earn her keep by chasing the mice out of the grain silo, or whatever happens with cats in barns.
Posted by: Debl at September 21, 2005 10:20 AM
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