Mouse Slayers Extraordinaire!

Last night, after multiple attempts, April and I caused the demise of two little strangers who had the audacity to move into our house, eat our food, and relieve themselves wherever they pleased.......without even offering to help with rent! These furry little monsters have plagued us for a couple of months now. But today we stand triumphant as these two uninvited guests have left this world forever.

Now some may mock at our fantastic triumph......."Big deal...." they might say, "You killed a couple of small mice.....so what?" But such people would not understand that these are not your common variety field mouse......these were Brooklyn Mice. You see Brooklyn Mice are not your common variety of rodent running around willy-nilly. The Brooklyn Mouse is a cunning creature, who has become expert at evading capture. The Brooklyn Mouse does not have the decency to scour your kitchen for food, quietly, in the middle of the night while all are sleeping. The Brooklyn Mouse will in fact come right out as you're sitting on the couch enjoying a relaxing evening. It will scurry out of its hole and stare you down, daring you to come with your feeble attempts to dispose of it. It will snatch up food quickly from under the kitchen table, only 5 feet away from you......then return to the kitchen with its sinister, little squeaky laugh. The Brooklyn Mouse is quick and agile and even acrobatic. It will carefully climb up the precarious microwave cord to get atop your fridge and wreak havoc on any food that might be there. Ah yes, the Brooklyn Mouse is no ordinary mouse......it is rumored that they are even developing the ability to open tupperware.......what a scary day that would be.

So for some time we have been after these little critters......it took the following to finally outsmart these evil little geniuses:

2 Glue Pad Traps below the stove
1 Glue Pad by the Counter
1 Glue Pad by the Fridge
1 Compartment Trap by the Trash
1 Compartment Trap by the Counter
1 Regular Snap Trap by the Garbage
1 Regular Snap Trap on the Counter

The mice had thus far carefully avoided this set-up. However, the extra cheese and peanut butter was simply too much to resist.......it brought down their defenses. And now they are no more. So while there still may be some skeptics in the crowd, saying "Big Deal.....I have killed an elk, or a bear, or a lion......come back to me when you've gotten something real." I would have to reply, "YOU come back to ME when you've killed a Brooklyn Elk, or a Brooklyn Bear, or a Brooklyn Lion........then I will be impressed."

So, while our triumph may largely go unheralded.....there will be no medals, no badges of courage, no banquets in our honor, not even free t-shirts. Yet, we will go forward with pride in our accomplishment, and confidence we will again triumph against future furry little antagonizers. For they shall remember us always as......Glenn & April, Slayers of Brooklyn Mice!