many happy returns

[kirkcudbright]

The only episode of The Prisoner I ever saw was "Many Happy Returns." Number Six escapes from the Village somehow, gets back to England, and contacts the military or Intelligence or something. They fly him around the coastline for hours; when he finally spots the Village, the pilot turns out to be one of Them, and the Prisoner is ejected from the plane, and parachutes right back into the Village.

I put the trap inside the closet, where the heating pipes come through the wall, and baited it with oatmeal ('cause mice can't resist oatmeal). Sure enough, the little bugger shimmied through the wall, couldn't resiste the oatmeal, and was waiting for me when I got back from riding. When he got back into his cage, he ran and ran and ran on his wheel.

Comments

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

That sounds like a good description of both The Prisoner and trapping a pet.  Glad you recovered #6.

Want a cage mate for #6?  We caught a mouse in our house recently, but the snow has been too deep to release him, so he's been living in a temporary cage.

eight is enough

[kirkcudbright.livejournal.com]

Sorry, no. We declined to keep #7 and 8. Number Six was a bit of a lark, and I've enjoyed his company, but he doesn't seem to enjoy the company of others. (I put a female domesticated mouse in his cage to see what he'd do, and he ran and hid.)

We released all the others into a brush pile in the Harold Parker, if you want to release this one where it will have some company. It's supposed to remain warm for the next few days at least.