Gone
December 23, 2020 at 9:04 am 43 comments
For Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Challenge: 25 December 2020
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| Photo Credit: Trish Nankivell |
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“Mom, isn’t it cute?” Abby exclaimed after seeing a mouse sleeping under the Christmas tree. “I want it as a pet.”
“Absolutely not,” Dolores replied. “It doesn’t belong in the house.”
Since the intruder kept returning, Dolores went to the store to find a humane way to get rid of it.
“If you catch and release it outside, it’ll just come back,” the salesman said.
He suggested a spring-activated trap with cheese as bait for its last meal.
Shortly thereafter, Abby wondered why the mouse stopped showing up.
“Beats me,“ Dolores shrugged. “Maybe it found a better place to stay.”
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1.
neilmacdon | December 23, 2020 at 9:24 am
There was an alternative. Releasing it some distance away would prevent it returning
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plaridel | December 23, 2020 at 9:55 am
neil:
excellent idea. it might work. 🙂
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Susan Eames | December 23, 2020 at 10:09 am
Sweet story. (We released our mouse a long way from our house and it still found it’s way ‘home’!) 🙂
Susan A Eames at
Travel, Fiction and Photos
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plaridel | December 23, 2020 at 3:47 pm
susan:
it only shows mice are smarter than we think. 🙂
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Iain Kelly | December 23, 2020 at 10:58 am
Poor Abby – when she learns the truth.
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plaridel | December 23, 2020 at 3:47 pm
iain:
mom will never tell until she’s old enough to understand.
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Lucy | December 23, 2020 at 11:10 am
A sweet and sad story.
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plaridel | December 23, 2020 at 3:47 pm
lucy:
i’m glad you liked it. thank you.
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ceayr | December 23, 2020 at 12:46 pm
I wonder if mice have a heaven…
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plaridel | December 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm
ceayr:
i wanted to believe.
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rochellewisoff | December 23, 2020 at 2:01 pm
Dear Plaridel,
Kind of bittersweet, but if I’d been Delores I would’ve done the same. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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plaridel | December 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm
rochelle:
i don’t blame you at all. mice are health hazards.
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msjadeli | December 23, 2020 at 2:03 pm
When my kids were little we caught any that found their way in with a live trap and released them down in the marsh — where they probably became hawk food.
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plaridel | December 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm
msjadeli:
om first thought, it must be most humane way to do it regardless of the consequences. 🙂
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David Stewart | December 23, 2020 at 4:25 pm
Must have gone to a farm upstate, as they say. 🙂 My parents always use live traps and release them very far away. No idea if they ever find their way back or not.
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:36 am
david:
it could be the humane way to do it.
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Na'ama Yehuda | December 23, 2020 at 5:21 pm
hmm … well, perhaps it hitched a ride on Santa’s sled …
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:35 am
na’ama:
that will be a trip to remember indeed. 🙂
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Na'ama Yehuda | December 24, 2020 at 2:54 pm
🙂
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Brenda's Thoughts | December 23, 2020 at 6:26 pm
I think the mouse caught wind what was about to happen unless Abby has it stowed away under her bed. 🙂 Sweet story. Happy holidays, Plaridel!
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:35 am
brenda:
the mouse was a goner alright. 🙂
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justjoyfulness | December 23, 2020 at 9:19 pm
A better place under the ground 😉 Hope little Abby never finds out.
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:35 am
justjoyfulness:
mom’s lips are sealed. 🙂
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Tannille | December 24, 2020 at 1:34 am
The things adults say to protect children. A cat might be a solution. Pet for Abby and mice stay gone.
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:34 am
tannille:
a cat must be the answer to scare mice away.
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bearmkwa | December 24, 2020 at 5:55 am
Ugh! poor mouse.
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:34 am
jellico:
i know.
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Keith's Ramblings | December 24, 2020 at 6:13 am
Awww. The fate of many a little mouse!
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:34 am
keith:
such is life.
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liz young | December 24, 2020 at 8:39 am
The mouse chose the wrong house.
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plaridel | December 24, 2020 at 10:34 am
liz:
it looked that way.
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pennygadd51 | December 24, 2020 at 2:40 pm
Like Tannille, I think the smart thing would have been to give Abby a cat, preferably a kitten from a farm cat’s kindle. I’m glad Dolores spared Abby’s feelings; you really can’t have mice in the house.
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plaridel | December 25, 2020 at 9:51 am
penny:
excellent idea.
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granonine | December 24, 2020 at 5:07 pm
One does what one must 🙂
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plaridel | December 25, 2020 at 9:51 am
linda:
true that.
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draliman | December 24, 2020 at 10:13 pm
Oh no 😦 When I had mice a few years ago, I caught them and drove them a few miles away for release. They never came back 🙂
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plaridel | December 25, 2020 at 9:50 am
draliman:
hopefully, they didn’t. otherwise, what a waste of gas. 🙂
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Lisa | December 25, 2020 at 7:04 am
Cute, but not loose in the house! House mice actually have little chance of surviving in the wild.
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plaridel | December 25, 2020 at 9:50 am
lisa:
somehow there should be a middle ground.
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Michael | December 25, 2020 at 3:05 pm
Poor mouse, he just wanted to be fed. Then put on a jet plane to a far flung warm island. Just like most of us
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plaridel | December 29, 2020 at 8:31 am
michael:
i think he’d be delighted for sure. 🙂
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Fatima Fakier | December 25, 2020 at 10:14 pm
I had a frog in the pond a few months back. It made a hell of a lot of noise at night! So I caught it and released it just outside our house. I thought the yard walls would keep it out. Literally hours later it was back in the pond a-croaking!
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plaridel | December 29, 2020 at 8:31 am
fatima:
it only goes to show these little creatures are smarter than we think. 🙂