He looks like the classic Yankee woodpile mouse to me, an opportunistic occupant of homes as well. His cousins will have declared Vendetta and now must be plotting revenge.
This will come as no surprise to my parents. Maybe the mole was on reconnaissance.
The whole crowd returned by the second night, noisily announcing their presence with the drumming of their tiny feet (a sound now familiar to me). Deer mice, which utter no vocal sounds perceptive [sic] to our ears, use these drumrolls to communicate messages to one another---messages that remain undeciphered by man.
This explains the noise in the stove . . .
I can't believe you didn't let him keep the cake. After you gift-wrapped it, too.
Oh, trust me, this was a well-fed mouse when I evicted him!
Or is there a gap under the door?
There is my father, who has been in the habit of rolling up the garage door during the day (as long as someone's home) and is now annoyed with himself. The mouse may not have needed to sneak in.
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This will come as no surprise to my parents. Maybe the mole was on reconnaissance.
The whole crowd returned by the second night, noisily announcing their presence with the drumming of their tiny feet (a sound now familiar to me). Deer mice, which utter no vocal sounds perceptive [sic] to our ears, use these drumrolls to communicate messages to one another---messages that remain undeciphered by man.
This explains the noise in the stove . . .
I can't believe you didn't let him keep the cake. After you gift-wrapped it, too.
Oh, trust me, this was a well-fed mouse when I evicted him!
Or is there a gap under the door?
There is my father, who has been in the habit of rolling up the garage door during the day (as long as someone's home) and is now annoyed with himself. The mouse may not have needed to sneak in.