Rodents Are Welcome Too

It would probably come as no surprise to most that churches have stumbled across the occasional mouse throughout the years. Church buildings are notorious for having corners, cubbyholes, and attic spaces that provide optimal hiding spaces- not to mention the tons of little crumbs dropped during pot-luck dinners and activities. Food has a way at making it to more functions than not.

One church in Texas received quite a scare when they spotted a little gray mouse. It appeared in the baby nursery and darted back and forth under toy boxes and chairs. It had a short, plump, egg-shaped body with a skinny tail that was easily two or three times longer than the body. Skinny as it was, it was very powerful as it appeared to be shoving around anything that got in its way.

The babies were quickly evacuated and then the hilarity ensued as adult after adult attempted to come up with a creative way to capture it. Who knew that little legs could remove so fast? They were a blur as all four of them moved in rodent precision while the tail continued to sweep back and forth. This continued for a little bit because nobody wanted to reach down to grab this mouse with bare hands. 

The screams and hollers could be heard all throughout the church building.  With more and more people gathering to see what the big deal was, an idea was hatched. One person would use toy boxes to build walls around the mouse's area. Another would discard the broom that had been unsuccessful in swatting the mouse and find a container. Once the container was located and emptied of its animal crackers, the capture proceedings were fully initiated. The walls were put in place and the clear container was placed down over the mouse. He was finally trapped when the lid was slid under the container and turned upside down to hold the rodent. 

The initial sighs of relief were quickly replaced with more anxiety due to the sight of the little mouse's tail caught in the lid. This menacing rodent had become the poor little, cute mouse. Disdain for those who had caused this situation was almost fully in place when the little guy's tail slipped out and he fell to the bottom of the container. Now, everyone was happy and dozens of youngsters followed the container outside where a kind and gentle adult released the mouse back into the wild.

It is told that every bone in his body wanted to put an end to the mouse's life. However, the mouse was, instead, softly placed back on the ground far from the building. Of course, there is no place far enough to keep the little guy from returning, it he hasn't already.