I thought you would get a kick out of my Tabby cat "Tabitha" This happened last Thursday the 29th of January, 2004.

My little hunter brought this plaything into the house at 2:00AM about 2 months ago and promptly lost it.

There have been sightings by my two young boys in the middle of the night but never any sightings by little miss hunter.

Thursday morning I was in the kitchen and I heard a scratching sound and so did Tabitha (aka "Little Miss Hunter") she jumped on the counter and that is where the day long siege started. I couldn't make out where the sound was coming from and neither could she at the time.

When I got home from work that night Geoffrey said "hey look, Tabby is on the counter" and that is the scene before you. The toaster was on it's side, the coffee maker was pulled away from the wall, the blender was pushed around and there were paw prints and mouse turds everywhere. Tabby was beside herself and still trying to get into the toaster. I looked into the toaster and seeing nothing shooed her off the counter and told her to try a little harder next time and not let it escape.

I stood the toaster back up and cleaned up the area. About 5 minutes later just as I was leaving the kitchen I heard that same scratching sound, I turned around and saw the mouse sticking It's head up out of the toaster and look around to see if the coast was clear. After finishing laughing I promptly took the toaster outside and let the little survivor go, anything that could survive that long in a house with a very deadly hunter walking around deserved to go free.

I really liked that toaster. Anyone got a toaster they don't need?

Copyright © Scott Lampkin
February 4, 2004