Return of the Mice

This morning Spanky was in the backyard barking at one of the window wells. I went over to check it out and found another mouse (similar in appearance to St. Morvanius) clinging to the window screen. I grabbed my mouse-catching-box and glove and dropped into the window well. The mouse scurried under a scrap of newspaper, and I lifted it up to find two mice. The other mouse was much larger than the St. Morvanius impersonator, and he had bristly fur and tiny eyes. First, I caught the cute mouse and set him free, then I attempted to capture the larger one. He was fast. I was finally able to trap him in the box and release him beyond the wall as well. I have decided to name the cute one St. Ladsi, and the larger, nastier one St. Portifucius. I'm getting tired of all of these mice . . . and eventually I'll run out of names of saints, so I hope they quit falling into our window wells.