Friday, January 23, 2009

Of Mice and Teen-agers



I was outside and saw my cat acting very weird. I called my dad out, and we went to see what was going on. The cat was chasing a small mouse. I scared the cat off and tried to catch the mouse, which was hard. I took a few dives, but he kept slipping out of my hand. Then my dad came out with a Maglight so I could see him.

I finally chased it up our cleaning table and let it calm down, to where I could grab it. I put my hands in front of him, and he hopped right on. He climbed up my arm, and nestled into my neck. Then I started walking back inside, with him sitting in my hair.

I took him inside so we could look at him and check him for wounds. We didn't see any, but we did notice that he is a deer mouse. I personally think it's a very cool mouse, and I don't see them much. You can tell what they are by their large eyes, and big ears.

We took the pictures and I played with him some. He is amazingly tamed down! What a cool animal. A wild mouse that lets me hold him in my hand, and now he's a star!

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