Of Mice and Men Ignoring Them
When I got home the cat was staring at something under the
refrigerator, his tail twitching. The
dog was pacing back and forth beside him, yipping and growling.
“We have a mouse,” Dr. Deb said.
“Could be a ghost,” I said. “Nothing I can do about it.”
“It’s a mouse.”
“Maybe one of their toys rolled under there.”
“Catch the mouse and take it outside,” she said.
“Maybe they sense there’s something wrong with the
wiring. Let’s just see if it shorts and
throws the breaker.”
Dr. Deb handed me a broom and shoe box. She wasn’t going to let me ignore the obvious.
I thought of a guy who got three DUIs in two years and
refused to believe he had a problem with alcohol. He wound up serving three
years in jail.
A woman I knew hooked up with a man with four ex-wives. He
had obvious issues she refused to recognize. Three years later her life was in
shambles and he was gone.
I didn’t think I’d go to jail or wreck my life ignoring the
mouse, but I also knew I couldn’t ignore the obvious. Mice, like little problems ignored, tend to
reproduce.
Today I won’t ignore the obvious.
Fawlty Showers 2
is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you
might know is purely coincidental.
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