Charli’s prompt this week:
March 7, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a mouse. It can be real, imagined, electronic or whiskered. Go where the prompt leads!
Mousetrap
The pain.
It sears through my body.
I know no one will find me.
They were all much more sensible, listening to Mummy. I had to be the one who had to go and look.
Curiosity killed the cat. That’s the saying. Not the mouse, the cat.
But it was just so tempting.
I could smell it.
That whiff of cheesiness.
I knew it was out there somewhere.
And I found it too.
Sat there, right in front of me, was a huge chunk of the best cheddar.
How was I to know it was on a state-of-the-art mousetrap?
Ritu 2019
But I Smile Anyway... 
Mar 17, 2019 @ 18:18:12
Poor 🐁. Remember, in pest control, exclusion is much better than extermination!
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Mar 17, 2019 @ 18:21:23
Very true!
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Mar 14, 2019 @ 13:45:08
Ah! Harsh ending for little mousey!
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Mar 14, 2019 @ 20:41:53
I know… poor mouse, but the end for a lot of them who decide to invade our houses! (Thankfully we don’t have any, as we have Sonu Singh, the Punjabi cat!)
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Mar 15, 2019 @ 16:36:32
Good kitty, keepin’ it safe and clean!
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Mar 15, 2019 @ 19:50:55
True ❤️
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Mar 13, 2019 @ 22:41:49
Aw, that wee mousey. I love your play with the phrase “curiosity killed the cat.” Clever and worthy of empathy for mice, Ritu.
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Mar 14, 2019 @ 06:54:33
Thank you Charli!
Though I am not happy with certain mice for eating their way through my Pooh Bear beanie collection, which was worth quite a bit, while in my parents garage as storage, I still feel for those teeny beings 💜
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Mar 14, 2019 @ 22:41:44
Oh, no, not Pooh!
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Mar 14, 2019 @ 23:16:17
I know! I was devastated… And still am…
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Mar 15, 2019 @ 23:07:37
❤
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Mar 10, 2019 @ 15:15:46
Well done, Ritu. Great story!
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Mar 10, 2019 @ 15:21:31
Thanks Jennie 💜
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Mar 10, 2019 @ 15:46:56
You’re welcome, Ritu. ❤️
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 11:47:48
Oh dear, Ritu. Poor little mouse.
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 12:27:28
I Know… God rest his mousey soul…
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 10:20:03
Cruel! But a lovely piece of writing.
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 10:21:36
Thank you Hugh ❤️
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 03:55:46
Resistance is futile 😀
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 09:44:05
True dat Brother ❤️
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 15:18:20
❤️
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 01:43:53
Seems Sonu is more Mr. Cat, than a real mouse hunter. Lol Wonderful written story. How to imagine the mouse will be cought by a trapp, if a cat is in da house. 😉 Have a nice weekend, Sis! Michael
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 09:43:34
Thankfully we don’t have mice… I don’t know what he’d do, lol!
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 15:23:36
You should buy some toy mice, and do a test. A cat, especially a cat man has to know how to act against mice. Lol
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 16:27:50
He has toy mice… No pouncing. He’s peace loving!
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 15:24:59
Our last cat tried to bring mice from outdoors into the house, for playing purposes. At least he got / we gave him some camping days in the garden.;-)
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 16:28:13
Sonu gets out too. He likes eating grass!
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 01:41:12
Jeez! the steps humans ought to take to trap them 😛
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 09:43:04
Ouch!
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 00:31:59
Ouch, ouch! ❤ 🙂🙂🙂🙂
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 09:42:11
I know… Poor mouse!
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Mar 09, 2019 @ 12:53:49
Indeed 🤕
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 22:54:22
That mouse was my fear
But despite all
I could see it clear
How it just was hitting the wall
I would not let it get near
To my h art to my soul
So with time, it’s just dissapear
So I almost forgot about it all
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 23:03:44
Poor mouse!
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 23:05:08
Hahaha, it deserves it, trust me))
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 23:06:16
😂
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 22:08:09
Ahhh poor mouse… Hang on – I hate mice!… In other words – great writing because you made me sympathise with a mouse… ✍👏🐁
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 22:12:16
Thanks John! I do like to champion the udnerdog/mouse…!
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 22:14:48
John? Lol! It’s Suki from baffledmum… 😂
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 22:48:39
Omg! I don’t even know why that got put in there!!! 😂 Autocorrect? Sorry Suki! And I’ll remember your name. As that is my hubby’s moniker too!! Sukhi!
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 23:11:28
😂😂! Autocorrect is terrible… ❤
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 21:45:21
Oh, silly little mouse 💖
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 22:00:48
Totally silly!
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 21:45:01
Ah, drat those amazing traps!
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Mar 08, 2019 @ 22:00:54
They can work rather well !
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