Generally I quite like surprises. Having a mouse scurry under my feet in the house, first thing in the morning would not be ranked one of my favourites. We have, as you probably know, three cats. So, with a house full of cats, how did it happen that I came downstairs this morning to be faced with a (live) mouse in the house? The cats knew it was there. The poor little thing was terrified, running around and hiding frantically. So what did the cats do? They squabbled with each other over whose mouse it was. They chased it a bit, of course, then they sat and looked at it. Face to face, at one point. So it was up to me to catch it (by putting an upturned plastic pot over it) and take it outside to get on with its life. It was a cute little thing, catching its breath in the grass. This photo was actually taken years ago, as this morning was not the time for a photo session.

May all your unusual surprises end as well as this one did.

My gallery of photographs featuring animals including this little guy is here: https://www.elliekennard.ca/ekgallery/animals/
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This is Rosie, #RosiePipsqueak 🐀🩷💕🥰💞

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#RodentOfTheDay Indomalayan Pencil-tailed Tree Mouse (Chiropodomys gliroides)

"This small mouse is characterised by its relatively long tail, which is equivalent to 135% of the head-body length."

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Photo/Info: https://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/pencil-tailed-tree-mouse.htm