Rats!

I woke up the other morning to find the cat acting a little strange. Normally, when she brings us a live present, she’s chasing it around and meowing a lot. But this time she just stared fixedly at a corner behind a bookcase.

Sure enough, the morning’s entertainment, an awfully large rat, was hunkered down, trying to catch its breath. I fished it out with a stick, and the chase was back on.

Man can those little guys run, and climb, and jump! Even with me and Misty coordinating our efforts, we chased it around without success for half an hour before I finally figured out to open the door and shoo the poor nasty creature outside. Whew!