Tonight, I went to cook dinner, and heard something rattling around under the stove. Now we've had a problem mouse that has evaded all our traps, so it could be him. Or it could be a ferret. To solve this dilemma, and feel safe cooking dinner, I did the only logical thing. I called my son in to open the under stove drawer and find out what it was. What? You didn't think I'd do it, did you?
So ds pulls the drawer out, and at first sees nothing. There goes the ferret idea! Suddenly, he sees the mouse-the same time our cat Taco sees it. In a second, she's under that stove, and came prancing out with her prize in her mouth. I wish I had my camera handy to capture the expression on her face. Imagine this cat with a mouth stuffed full of mouse, thinking, "oh my gosh, what do I do now?"
I open the kitchen door, hoping she'll take her trophy outside. No such luck; she hides under the dinner table, and lets him go! Ds jumps up, and starts moving things to find him. At this point, this poor little mouse has 3 cats and a dog on his little tail. He high tails it around the dining room, and out the door!
This is a relief, because for the moment, the mouse is gone. Does anyone else have that song from the Wizard of Oz in her head? "Ding dong, the witch is dead, the Wicked Witch is dead?" Okay, sorry, back to the story. Yes, I do realize he can come back inside if he so chooses. However, with the escort of multiple people, a dog, and three cats seeing him out, he may choose not to return! Yes, I also realize he most likely has family around. I'll keep the traps baited. But for now, for this one evening, the mouse is gone!!
Sorry, no mouse pictures, this all happened in the time span of about two minutes. I do have a picture of Taco for your viewing pleasure. She's a really good cat; loves attention, flat demands it from people. The time you spend petting her equals the amount of time she will then spend licking ds' head. Really.
God Bless,
Chela
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