For the last few days there has been a horrible stench wafting from Elias’ room into our living room and even further! We have searched high and low for the source of the stench. Since we had found 2 dead rats in the bathroom on 2 consecutive days, it was our deduction that the third of the “3 mouseketeers” had likewise met his doom, but in a not so obvious location! We went so far as to tear up the ceiling in search of the source of the stench without any luck. (Nothing worse than a stinking house with guests to entertain!) Finally, when all else failed we went to our never-fail dead-rat-locator technique – large black flies. The flies come to the window attracted by the stench. We open the window a crack and let a few in and within seconds they start flying around the exact location of the source of the stench!! It’s like they are little GPS mechanisms!! Works like a charm! Sure enough, we had the offending spot located and the offending remains removed within minutes!! After burning a few candles only a faint trace of “dead” is left and we will all sleep (and breathe) better tonight!