The Great Rat War rages on. Despite claiming victory in recent battles the tide has swung against us and the rats are winning! They have laid siege to our stove and have claimed it as their own. To demonstrate their presence they are busy stripping the insulation from inside the stove and spreading it around the kitchen. We killed one rat in the stove last week but more reinforcements have arrived.
This picture is of a recent campaign to remove the rats from the stove. Phil had help in this particular campaign from Elias who came prepared with his two nerf swords, his light saber, and his football helmet. We think the football helmet might have been inspired by the fact that we had just watched “Hatari”. Alas, we had less luck than John Wayne did. Our campaign came to nothing. The rats retreated temporarily but they are sure to be back again soon.
We sometimes joke that the rats think of our house as the “Rat-isson” but running a rat-hotel isn’t really a joking matter. It might seem like a small issue but our sleep has been very interrupted lately on account of the rats (among other things). But we won’t give up the fight! We are determined to press on to victory!