I have never eaten a mouse. Granted, if I were starving and eating a mouse was the only option: bon appétit, let’s eat. But I am not starving now, and I was not starving when I opened up my gas grill to cook a plank of salmon and discovered a mouse nest, complete with a mom and her babies, on the grill.
My
intent had been to ignite and preheat the grill. Unfortunately, a look inside
the nest revealed that the squirming little ones still had their eyes closed
and were entirely helpless.
There
weren’t many options for me. After taking photographs, I retrieved a
square-point shovel, scooped up the nest with its inhabitants inside, and
carried it off to a protected place under the propane tank.
Little Ones
—Mitchell
Hegman
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