Remember the story of The Flopsy Bunnies by Beatrix Potter? Benjamin Bunny's children fell asleep in Mr. MacGregor's garden and he caught them and tied them in a brown paper bag and went to put away his mowing machine. While he was gone, Thomasina Tittlemouse came along and nibbled a hole in the sack so they could escape. Ms Potter said, "Thomasina Tittlemouse was a resourceful person- she nibbled a hole in the bottom of the sack. The little rabbits were pulled out, and pinched to wake them..."
WELL!!! I do not like resourceful mice! I try to keep my flour etc in bins so no unwanted bugs or mice can get to them, but we recently had a - resourceful - mouse in the house...it tried to chew into a thick plastic container of self-rising flour inside my cabinet!
That's a little TOO resourceful for me! We got resourceful ourselves and finally caught it with a sticky-trap!
Have you noticed- mice in real life are never as "cute" as in the stories...
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