Sinister: mice

[Heinitz]

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      I was sleeping, when I heard it first... an intermittant, high pitched
beep like an alarm clock, but it wasn't my alarm clock, and it was coming from
the kitchen. When it didn't seem to be stopping I reluctantly pulled my mind out
of bed and opened the door. The first signs were good - the kitchen floor wasn't
covered in feathers - but when I turned the light on it was reflected in the
guilty eyes of the littlest cat, who paused for a moment, caught mid-catch. She
had a mouse, which was emitting the beeps. The cat threw the mouse up in the air
one more time, defiantly, but when I approached she seized it and fled. I turned
the light out and went back to bed. it was nearly five o clock.
      Later, in more reasonable, daytime hours, I and my small friend were
distracted from our scone-making by the dog, who was barking at something in the
garden. It was the mouse. For reasons known only to herself, the littlest cat
had abandoned it, and although it seemed to be barely hurt, it was too shocked
by the whole experience to make a proper getaway. I put it in a box, then moved
it to a bucket, and then an empty hamster cage. Satisfied that I had done all I
could, the only thing left was the name (all things which live in the house must
have names). I asked my friend, who looked at it for a while, and then gravely
decided on "Frog". I decided not to argue - the reasoning processes of
three-year olds are best left alone. 
      So, Frog the mouse is now residing in my bedroom. I did some initial
research on mice to find out what to feed him, but the books would only help me
in determining his type (Frog is a house-mouse). I have given him some hamster
food and a malteser. He seems unimpressed.
      Does anybody know what mice eat?

      Abi, who WILL go to the ball(belle and sebastian concert in leeds)

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