anna maria wrote:
> Blair P. Houghton wrote:
>> I had a mouse.
>>
>> He was living in my kitchen for a week or so.
>>
> [snip]
>>
> your story reminds me of a catch my cat did when i was living in an
> apartament on the ground floor. he chased inside what seemed to be an
> extremely large rat. We were watchig tv in the evening and i saw with
> the side of my eyes a large mouse-like figure entering from the open
> window, followed by my cat in a evident state of agitation.
>
> i tought screaming very loud and repeatedly was the best thing to do
> at the moment. my husband (scared as hell) didn't think so....
> anyway, he chased the orrible thing and at a closer look he
> discovered it was a young opossum. he captured the thing and freed
> him in the garden outside with great disappointment of my cat. the
> next day i saw the creature hanging by the tail from a plant outside
> eating the flowers. looked at me and ... well was not that ugly
> afterall....
>
> ciao, anna maria
>
That's too funny!! Opossums are odd looking creatures, but not really ugly.
I wouldn't want one in my house, though.

Jill