Heron Flight<\/A>)<\/p>\nLast night, I fell asleep finally at 1 AM. I hadn\u2019t had much sleep all week and I was happy to have finally hit the sack.<\/p>\n
But then… maybe an hour or two later, I woke up to this scratching sound in my room. I was so tired that I just reached over and banged on the floor to make it go away. But it wouldn’t. I put music on so I couldn’t hear it and fell asleep again. I knew it was a damn mouse.<\/p>\n
Then at 4 it woke me again. This time much closer to my bed. Then I realized the dirty thing was on my dresser!!! But I couldn’t see it among the vitamin bottles, the Wal-Mart receipts, and the rest of the flotsam and jetsam of the frantic ocean known as my life. So, I wearily reached over and tried slamming a drawer, the one where I stash my winter gloves and hats, to make the beast flee.<\/p>\n
The clawing and nibbling hesitated\u2026 then continued.<\/p>\n
Finally I realized that it must be under the small bookshelf, crafted by jigsaw and screwdriver 20 years ago, sitting on top of my dresser. A bit of space beneath provided a perfect mouse hideout.<\/p>\n
Slightly more awake then, I remembered that there were three mouse traps in a package stashed in a kitchen cabinet, the ones I bought for the Mouse Mobile when January deep froze the world and the mice took refuge in my car\u2019s heating system. Four of the infiltrators died then.<\/p>\n
Unbelievably, in route to the kitchen, I heard scratching, then scurrying! More pests afoot!<\/p>\n
\u201cI DECLARE WAR ON THEE, RODENTS! YE SHALL NOT LIVE TO SEE DAWN\u2019S ARRIVAL!\u201d<\/p>\n
I deftly deployed two traps at either end of the kitchen counter and strategically stationed the third atop the dresser, abutting the rear of the bookshelf. Taking cover in bed, I waited.<\/p>\n
Less than two minutes later I heard “WHACK!” out in the kitchen.<\/p>\n
\u201cYES!\u201d<\/p>\n
10 minutes later…. “WHACK!” on the dresser!<\/p>\n
“Keep the change, ya filthy animal!”<\/p>\n
And another bit the dust while I slept the sleep of the victorious.<\/p>\n
Final Score: Sam \u2013 3 Vermin \u2013 0! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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