A Visit from "Despereaux"

Yes, we had mice come to visit us, and yes, we killed them. Or at least, Brian and the traps did. Brian literally killed one in our pantry as he could not catch it to put it outside. We were very sad thinking this was just a fluke as we had been outside a lot that week. We thought it had gotten trapped inside and tried to deal with the mouse in a humane way. To make a long week and story short, we found lots of evidence of mice in the corners after I saw in the living room. We finally broke the news to Carl that "Despereaux" had come to visit, but we set out traps and poison to get rid of him. Carl was way too cool with that idea. In fact, Carl wanted to see the mouse in the trap!! Brian had already gotten rid of it, knowing I could not handle seeing the dead mouse. Apparently, Carl was unhappy that the mice were eating our saltine crackers!! Just so you know, Carl loves "The Tale of Despereaux". His class read it, we bought him the book and have seen the movie. Carl has read the book three times, by himself!! I guess this shows that Carl has a firm grip on reality and has truly learned the difference between fiction and non-fiction. Mice make great stories, just don't let them eat our food!!