Mouse adventures continued...

So, I get in daughter's room just in time to catch a glimpse of the "intruder." Remember that cartoon mouse, "Speedy Gonzalez"? Yeah, well, this must have been his cousin. Husband finally makes it to daughter's room, after donning appropriate clothing and a broom.

I stand guard at the door, using daughter's throw rug as a weapon of entrapment. Husband starts "poking" at stuff on the floor, around the perimeter of room. He gets a hit! Vroom! Faster than the speed of light, the mouse zips from object to object, mere nano seconds before husband beats object with broom.

Mouse is finally under a drawer of my daughter's desk. Desk gets shoved all the way back to the wall. Husband hands over broom to me, and daughter wields a folder. Daughter and I keep the intruder from escaping by closing off all cracks with our weapons, while husband goes in search of a portable prison. He comes back with ........MY TUPPERWARE!!! Eh, whatever, I just want to go back to bed. So he does get the intruder into the prison, then he slides folder under to prevent an escape. We all walk to the kitchen, only to hear along the way, "Awe! He's so cute! Can I keep him? His name is Phil." Huh? Speedy Phil can wake a household and make you scream, and you want to KEEP him?! You're crazy!

So, husband says, "Now what? Got any solutions?" To which I replied, "Here Kitty Kitty? ;)
Daughter didn't think that was funny. We get Speedy Phil transferred to a more permanent holding cell. (Gladware) This mouse hunt/chase took us half an hour! He gets left in solitary confinement to think about what he has done, and we all go back to bed, and back to sleep. (well, at least I did, can't vouch for what the others did)

So I get up three hours later, and find out that instead of hard time, this little dude got released back into the nearby field from whence he came. He also got REWARDED for his crime! Yes, he got cheese! Sounds just like some of his human counterparts, doesn't it? Never leave justice in the hands of a 14 year old.