
Henry was surprised that I caught him in the act. The mouse was stunned – it doesn’t look like it but I can vouch for the fact that she moved a few moments later and tried to run away.

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I tried to replace it but this particular small mouse is not sold anymore. So a couple of weeks back, I told about my plight on social media, on a local “free your stuff” site where one can give stuff away or ask for particular … Continue reading One Day in March, I Lost My Mouse
One of the oddities about speaking a second language is that certain words immediately combine in my brain with a set collocation even though the word may have many other meanings and other collocations.

The perp who was responsible for the tragic death of Mr Mouse was patently bewildered when he was caught just after the act.
Double-dipping for FOWC with Fandango: Surprise and Ragtag Daily Prompt: Departed

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The obvious choice for the colour lilac. Not quite as obvious. And possibly not as fragrant. Weekend Prompts Colour Challenge: Lilac
Double-dipping for Ragtag Daily Prompt: Cracked and FOWC with Fandango: Unexpected
we ever had with our live trap, aka mouse cage.

Bought when our cat, Henry, was still young and brought live mice in the house and sometimes they got away. We usually caught and released them but one was elusive. So we bought this trap. The only mouse that ever ventured inside was the Gruffalo mouse.
Nowadays Henry eats the mice he catches. Except for the green wobbly bit. (if you’ve ever read Pratchett’s The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents you know what I mean).
The mouse from the Gruffalo book is a survivor if ever there was one. He survived the fox, the snake, the owl, and in the end even the Gruffalo. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Survivor
FOWC with Fandango: Ruthless
Sorry, that was a typo. It should read: The Model in … nevermind. I had an extended photo shoot with the mouse from Gruffalo fame last week and in this particular photo the crack was the focus and not the mouse. FOWC with Fandango: Crack