Today's amusing adventure. Around three a.m, I heard some shuffling sound and I jumped up and turned on the camera app. Who was it? A burglar? Trying to steal tiles?
The noise continued but nothing could be seen on the screen. For a second I wondered if it was some spirit but I quickly squashed that thought. 😁
The noise continued and as I kept trying to pinpoint the direction, it dawned on me that the noise was coming from WITHIN my room!
I sat up and waited. There it was.. A shuffling.. No SCURRYING sound. I peeped behind me into the half built cabinet and saw a tail vanish into the gap.
Oh hello Mr mouse!
That put paid to my sleep. I was sleeping on a mattress on the ground and I didn't fancy having Mr mouse walk all over me. We don't allow men to do that do we 😁
I quickly lifted my mattress off the ground and waited for Mr Mouse to make an appearance. He did. I must admit he looked rather cute. But even cute men cant be allowed to walk all over us.😉
I giggled as he darted back behind the cupboard when he saw me move. I wondered how he had gotten in and then I remembered. I had TOLD them to close the open drain in the store room. I had foretold EXACTLY this situation.
I walked to the storeroom and lo! It was open. The satisfaction of being right was a win. (Yes my brain does work like that.) I found a tile and placed it on top of the opening and turned back to the kitchen and that's when I realised I'd made a mistake.
Mr Mouse darted out, ran across the kitchen STRAIGHT to the drain that was now closed and ran round it in circles!
I had just closed off the one exit Mr Mouse had! Ah well - win some lose some. But this was just the battle. The war was still on.
I walked slowly towards him talking in a soft voice (what kind of madness spurred me to do so I know not!) telling him "wait, I'll open it and you can go out"
Obviously he didn't understand and as I pushed the tile aside to give him access to the drain, he darted between my feet and ran back to his hiding place behind the cupboard.
I sighed at my stupidity. How do I get him to go out?
I placed a pumpkin seed just outside the cabinet entrance and he popped out to nibble at it and then noticed me (like he hadnt seen me before!) and scampered back to hide.
I softly walked up and moved the pumpkin seed and placed another one in the direction of the storeroom and patiently waited for him to come back out.
He came out, grabbed the first one and went back inside. And I thought pfffttt!! if he does the same with the second seed, I wouldnt be able to herd him out.
A few minutes went past and Mr Mouse, having finished the first pumpkin seed came back for the second one.
But me with my super brain had a plan. As soon as he reached the seed, I came up behind him, cutting off access to his hiding place behind the cabinet. So he did the only thing he knew - darted toward his familiar exit - the drain hole. I went after him and as his cute little tail vanished into the drain hole, I quickly slid the tile to cover it.
Victory ! I felt so clever. I mean it's not every day that one outwits a mouse!
I glanced at the clock it was almost 5 am. I was taken aback at how much time had passed. But I still felt a sense of accomplishment. Put that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Mouse !
I walked up to my French press to make my coffee and I froze. That noise!! Mr Mouse was back? Or was there a Mrs Mouse?👀😳
Like before, I traced the source of the noise and ended up at the storeroom. It was coming from the base of the wash basin.
Mr Mouse had worked his way from the drain outlet to the wash basin a few feet away! He was now trapped between the drain on the right and the wash basin pipe
I had visions of the plumber lifting the tile covering the drain and Mr Mouse jumping out at him. (serves him right) The other vision was Mr mouse gnawing his way out through the wash basin drain pipe.
Neither was going to lead to an ideal situation.
I thought I heard Mr Mouse say "now put that in your pipe and smoke it, Ms Anu"
I made a mental note to tell the plumber to solve this problem first thing in the morning. Fingers crossed Mr Mouse doesn't gnaw his way out by then.
Ah well.. Win some.. Lose some.
I softly walked up and moved the pumpkin seed and placed another one in the direction of the storeroom and patiently waited for him to come back out.
He came out, grabbed the first one and went back inside. And I thought pfffttt!! if he does the same with the second seed, I wouldnt be able to herd him out.
A few minutes went past and Mr Mouse, having finished the first pumpkin seed came back for the second one.
But me with my super brain had a plan. As soon as he reached the seed, I came up behind him, cutting off access to his hiding place behind the cabinet. So he did the only thing he knew - darted toward his familiar exit - the drain hole. I went after him and as his cute little tail vanished into the drain hole, I quickly slid the tile to cover it.
Victory ! I felt so clever. I mean it's not every day that one outwits a mouse!
I glanced at the clock it was almost 5 am. I was taken aback at how much time had passed. But I still felt a sense of accomplishment. Put that in your pipe and smoke it Mr Mouse !
I walked up to my French press to make my coffee and I froze. That noise!! Mr Mouse was back? Or was there a Mrs Mouse?👀😳
Like before, I traced the source of the noise and ended up at the storeroom. It was coming from the base of the wash basin.
Mr Mouse had worked his way from the drain outlet to the wash basin a few feet away! He was now trapped between the drain on the right and the wash basin pipe
I had visions of the plumber lifting the tile covering the drain and Mr Mouse jumping out at him. (serves him right) The other vision was Mr mouse gnawing his way out through the wash basin drain pipe.
Neither was going to lead to an ideal situation.
I thought I heard Mr Mouse say "now put that in your pipe and smoke it, Ms Anu"
I made a mental note to tell the plumber to solve this problem first thing in the morning. Fingers crossed Mr Mouse doesn't gnaw his way out by then.
Ah well.. Win some.. Lose some.