The little mouse darted across the top of the three and a half foot high red brick wall which borders our back patio. I had seen the rodent the night before, and the night before that, scurrying across the top of that wall. I believe it was in July, or maybe early August, when I first encountered the small mammal. I knew I had to get rid of it before it found its way into the house.

I like to step out onto the back patio during the night in the Summer months. Sometimes you can see a lot a...
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