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April 08, 2006

Not a story about bikes

While traveling I love just everyone, and have even developed a beautiful friendship with Allen's mice, Hank and Gwen. We can tell them apart because Gwen, fortunately, wears a small bow around one ear. Although sometimes Hank puts it on instead, the little scamp. They live in the kitchen and get into everything except the trap.

Yesterday the Lad and Allen and I spent some time researching the best lure for a mousetrap. Short of putting an actual mouse in there, an inside man willing to assure outside mice that the trap is quite comfortable and safe in exchange for our protection from the Amsterdam mouse mafia, the best lure is peanut butter.

It's true, as it happens. We caught Hank in the trap as he was scuttling manfully about in search of peanut butter, sulking slightly because Gwen wouldn't let him wear the bow that day. We turned him out into the shrubbery far from the house.

But now I worry about Gwen, all alone under the sink with no one to try and steal her bow. Unbeknownst to the boys I've been flinging bits of girlfriend food under the stove for her to console herself with, like small nuggets of Ben'n'Jerry's, a little cookie dough, and a teeny tiny DVD of The Way We Were. I hope she is doing ok down there, and comes out soon so we can send her to rejoin Hank out in the wild world.

There are Amsterdam pictures up here, several of which we just added today. Please enjoy the Lad's fine photography and my fine captioning.

Posted by didofoot at April 8, 2006 10:00 AM

Comments

this story makes me so sad. i mean, how would you like it if one day gene just disappeared and you had no idea where he'd gone and were all alone? poor, poor gwen. and maybe even if you do catch her and put her outside, she won't be able to find hank again. or he might already have been eaten by an owl or some other predator bird. she'll probably have to turn to prostitution to survive.

good captioning though. i really enjoyed the part on the river/canal.

Posted by: michele at April 9, 2006 12:10 PM

I think you should start wearing a pink bow over one ear, Didofoot.

Posted by: sean at April 9, 2006 02:58 PM

let's be honest, if i had enough dvds would i really notice gene was missing?

Posted by: didofoot at April 11, 2006 06:58 AM

when it came time to pay the rent you might.

Posted by: michele at April 11, 2006 11:02 AM

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