From Bandit's Diary
WARNING: Some images may cause readers distress.
Well, the best time to hunt is when the humans I look after are out on the terrace
eating lunch in the sun and ignoring me. An ideal opportunity arose yesterday....![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSXba8LgltLgw8xDuzYaze_lokS7c8sS8nxlj77EMZzMSxHZSfHktwyRKjDSajpfZ5deLb15PGB1UGfDNwPb9xrx7Ihjqaymt8gNtPSHZimmjnH-1zxR4kO3H9cwVFW6OwrUgQtHR_CeW/s280/2+cuthunt.JPG)
....when I was absolutely certain I could hear something moving under the wooden rack where they put their horrible, smelly geraniums in summer.
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There was only the tiniest of cracks along the back of the rack, but I was right: I could see a mouse underneath it. Mice aren't terribly intelligent, so the usual technique with them in such circumstances is to run them around a bit until they're paralysed with fear....
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....something I succeeded in doing by chasing him up and down the rack. The trouble then was that I simply couldn't get a claw down to get him, so I decided to try from the front.
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This meant lying at full stretch and feeling underneath, something which wasn't at all easy as I could only just squeeze my arm into the gap. But I was determined to succeed, particularly as I knew that my humans were sitting, munching their lunch and watching what I was doing with some apprehension.
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I have to say that, however terrified he was, the mouse made a good job of keeping just beyond my reach. Whatever position I took, and whatever angle I tried to get at him, I just couldn't quite grab him. So I was on the point of giving up when....
To be continued.
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