Brad told me last night our dog Broady killed a rat in the yard (gross!). I go to let the dogs in before bed and see Broady's catch on the deck...it's not a rat! It's a baby opossum! Needless to say, I didn't sleep well. All I could think about was my dog going back out side and chasing me down with a slobbery baby opossum corps! So at 5:30 a.m. I finally woke up and laid there in bed contemplating how I'm going to get this thing off the deck.
I go out the front door, open the garage and get the rake. Then I go around to the back yard, leaving the gate open, and opening the garbage can lid as I head around to the deck where I saw it last. Oh, did I mention I don't have my glasses on and it's an hour before sunrise?
So I go to where I saw it last on the deck but it's not there! Good! Something must have gotten it! I scan around and just as I'm about to go back in I see a ball of fur next to one of the patio chairs. I squint to try and see what it is but I already know. Barely able to see it in the dark and without my glasses, I try to scrape up the gnawed-on little critter with the rake but it wouldn't come up! So I tried from a few different angles...it was somehow stuck between two boards....I couldn't imagine how it could be so stuck because I didn't have my glasses on. I finally manage to snag one of the paws...I don't know how because the rake is pretty spread apart. I take a few steps and drop it! Ugh! So here we go again! I try scraping it up again and AGAIN it's stuck???...Finally I snag the paw and just as I am lifting up the rake....it raises its head and looks at me!!!
IT'S ALIVE!!!!
...so that is why the neighbors saw me creep around my own house in the dark with a rake, scream and run through the front door with jazz hands!
By the way, Brad is handling it. My suggestion was to toss it over the fence of the really nosey lady who once kidnapped our dog! Maybe she can nurse it back to health.
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