My eight-year-old son came running into the house. "Mama, there's a rat in the tank!"
"What?" I asked. "Where? What tank?"
"The one outside, where the frog and tadpoles used to live."
Oh. That one. For a minute I was worried it was our fish tank or our African Clawed Frog's tank. "Is it alive or dead?" I asked.
"Dead."
"So what are you going to do with it?"
My son shrugged his shoulders. "Nothing."
"Okay." I picked up a load of laundry and took it upstairs.
Bubba followed me. "But, Mama, aren't you going to do anything about it?"
I shook my head. "Not my department."
(So, ladies and gentlemen, how long do you think the dead rat will remain floating in that tank?)
Until a cat or hawk fishes it out?
ReplyDeleteHa! I'll let you know if you're right.
DeleteIsn't it great how kids want their moms to fix everything? :)
ReplyDeleteMoms are supposed to do everything!
DeleteMaybe schultz needs a snack?
ReplyDeleteHmmm. That's a thought. ;)
DeleteAs long as you don't have to look at it or smell it, I think it can stay until it's a rat skeleton.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
That's my plan. :)
DeleteUntil it starts stinking so bad that someone would have to remove and clean the tank!
ReplyDeleteI'll call my husband out if it gets that bad!
DeleteAck! LOL! I wouldn't touch it either. If that husband can carry you up the stairs, surely he can carry away a dead rat. :)
ReplyDeleteI'd not touch it.
ReplyDeleteYeah, like I said, rats are not my department!
DeleteI'm for not touching it. Who knows if it was sick before it died in the tank. Hopefully Schultz won't find it.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty far back in the woods, behind our fence, so I don't think Schultz will be going back there.
DeleteI think it's become a science and social studies experiment for your son. He'll keep it there until there's nothing but bones. What kid wouldn't be thrilled by that. Or he'll see if a battle of duties develop between you and your husband. Just my take on it all.
ReplyDeleteMy son definitely likes experiments. This sounds like a two for one!
DeleteI'm always having to pick up the dead mice the cats bring home, but a rat in a pool of water? No.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how it got in there.
DeleteOoohhh...so sorry about that. I would ask to borrow a neighbor's cat.
ReplyDeleteI have a cat, but I don't think he'd be interested in a drowned rat!
DeleteYou won't believe it, but there's a dead rat in the garage that my hubby needs to get rid of... he's not-your-average... he's quite big!
ReplyDeleteYou should see him... seems like the rodents of today are on steroids...
Ewwww! I'm sure your hubby is going to have a great time with that thing!
DeleteSherry, it won't get taken care of unless you do the dirty deed!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading all your posts this week! :-)