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The Rat's Escape
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The Rat's Escape |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass 
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The Rat’s Escape I watched him do it and I can’t feel bad though I’ll cuss him to the neighbors and pretend I kept trying. Big tan rat’s been hanging around my yard like he owns it, and I want him, can’t let a rodent run the place. Never done this before, so I tell the neighbors that I’m going on a rat hunt, and try the obvious, get a big nasty trap, figure out how, and give her a shakedown cruise. She’s been out six days now, showing everything she has, and no rat. Oh, he sniffs around, knows I’m looking too, and seems to like the attention. He’ll snuffle that bait without touching it, then he gives – I swear it’s a shrug – wanders over to gnosh the birdseed. But today’s different. He stands up to his full eight inches like he wants to be sure I’m watching, then gets right down and pokes his nose under that trap. When he’s got her just so, he flips her over like a Scrabble block and WHAM! That trap launches like a nightmare frog, cracks down on the sidewalk twenty feet away, while he just stands there grinning at me with my bait at his feet. The neighbors will want to know if I got him. I’ll make up stories all right, but the truth is, he got me. [This message has been edited by Ratleader (07-15-2003 02:15 AM).] |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Hard to go up against a real rat is it? And all this time I thought you were the leader!! Just keep working on your story and show us how it's done! So fun to read, you are! *squeek* |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
LOL...I got a kick out of this, Ed. Thanks for sharing this little rat tale.  ~Vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
I can lead 'em, but I can't entrap 'em....just not in my nature.... if all else fails, I'll get out my magic flute and dance him down to the river.... And I have to admit my heart's not in it -- he's cute....by which you can tell that I've had rats as pets before..... ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
hehehe...thanks for the giggle tonight Ed |
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Ratleader
since 2003-01-23
Posts 7026Visiting Earth on a Guest Pass |
Might not be posting for a while....may as well go out with a laugh, eh? ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
can’t let a rodent run the place. That's right... didn't he read the manual... doesn't he know you're the RatLEADER??? LOL He’ll snuffle that bait without touching it, then he gives – I swear it’s a shrug – wanders over to gnosh the birdseed. As if to say... "Silly human... did you really think I'd fall for that trick?" LOL while he just stands there grinning at me with my bait at his feet. He didn't get that big by falling for the first pretty trap put in his pathway! LOL ROFL... I love this! *G* You just filled this rainy morning with smiles... thank you! *S* |
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Edder Senior Member
since 2003-04-02
Posts 671 |
smart little devils, aren't they? have to admire them for their ingenuity. well done, Ed |
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Ericc Member Elite
since 2003-01-31
Posts 4178 |
Desriptive writing and interesting story...makes a fine and wonderful poem. Eric |
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garysgirl 
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
Ed, I hate rats, but I love this poem-story, as only you can tell it. Hope that you will keep us up to date with the story. This is cute.  Hugs to you  Ethel . . . (Pssssstttt!!!! What does this reply mean?? Might not be posting for a while....may as well go out with a laugh, eh? ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸¸¸ºº> ~~(¸¸ ¸¸ºº> ~~~(¸¸ER¸¸ºº> ______________Ratleader______________) |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Hi Ed...I realized I hadn't replied to this...thought I had. Verra cute, it is, you are! I miss reading you. |
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garysgirl
since 2002-09-29
Posts 19237Florida, USA |
I miss you, too, Ed. Where are you??  Ethel |
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Bonnie j Senior Member
since 2003-06-27
Posts 1588Ohio |
LOL- I think your RAT went to college with my Mouse The Professor. Thanks for the chuckle. Bon-Bon  |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Just where did you lead that beast? How far away’s the river? I wish your absence would cease My heart misses the quiver It feels when I see your name Beside poetic treat… After each read, I could proclaim Your work just can’t be beat! So leave that rodent free to roam Wish him a life of bliss It’s long past time you come back home You are so sorely missed! |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
not too fond of mice or rats or many non-normal household pets but once we tried to trap one and it did the same...always got the treat and the snap heard left an empty catch. (One mouse even played dead for me until I waited for my husband to come home and get it from under the entrance carpet...but the flat mouse I thought I had stepped on was gone...when he checked.) *smart things, those mice and rats* M *s |
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