Last night I was being a good husband, so I went down to the basement to put laundry in the washing machine. I turned on the light, set the laundry basket on the floor, and opened the lid to the washer. As soon as I did this, I saw something scampering up one of the pipes on the wall and it proceeded across the water pipe on the ceiling. I’ll give you three guesses as to what this was…and the first two don’t count. Unfortunately, the mouse was not that agile so it lost its footing halfway through its fearful escape. If things happened normally in our family, this mouse would have dropped to the floor and escaped into a hole. Instead, when the fugitive mouse lost his (or her) footing, it fell right into the washing machine. Unfortunately, I had not turned it on yet so there was no chance of a drowning taking place. I quickly rushed to the machine in time to see the mouse climb up the wall and drop itself behind the tub of the washer. This meant the mouse was still inside. About this time my wife comes downstairs and I tell her that she might want to leave. Then an evil part in me, which didn’t remember the emotional scenes of Ratatouille (I had to look up the spelling on that one), decided to put the washer in a fast spin cycle. No luck. The mouse remained. My next strategy was to begin shaking the washing machine which resulted in nothing more than my back hurting. I saw a tennis racket nearby so I grabbed it and threw open the lid hoping that the fugitive would stick its furry, little head out so the score would be 15-Love. No luck on that one either. It was late and I didn’t feel like taking the washer apart so as far as I know, the mouse is still hunkered down in our washing machine. You might be saying, “Why didn’t you just leave the lid up and let the mouse crawl out overnight?” Good question. I need to know FOR SURE if the mouse is still in there or not. Simply hoping that the mouse crawls out would leave uncertainty in my mind and every time I wear my clothes I would wonder if the mouse is still in there.
Proverbs 11:14 says, “Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.” I am looking for your help in getting this mouse out of my washing machine.
Any advice for me?
