Saturday, January 29, 2011

THE MOUSE



"EEEEK" is the response from most adults when you mention a mouse.  Yet humans constantly create them as adorable animations for children's stories.  At what point does an adult lose the affectionate humor associated with them they had as a child?  Maybe when we learn they nibble on our food if they get in our kitchen and leave little "signs" they have been there. This little guy was rescued with a humane trap and relocated to a natural habitat.  The photos give an up close and personal experience with this tiny creature.  I put him in an empty white dishpan with a clear glass cover on top.  Try and try again was his motto for escaping.  I wondered if he was thinking "If I just jump a little higher, I know I can get out..." but each mighty leap ended in a THUMP, as he bumped against the invisible shield keeping him prisoner.  Then, from time to time, he would simply stop and take a little cat-bath.  Grooming, licking his fur, fluffing it out, wiping his little ears, cleaning his long tail...the last photo seems to be a moment when he realized he was being watched as he bathed.  "EEEEK!"




"EEEEEK!!!"

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