I mentioned a while back that we had arrived at our daughter's house and
Rosie and Cinder were confined to the spare basement bedroom while we were
waiting to take possession of our apartment.

During our stay, a mouse took up residence in the basement. Eventually, its
explorations took it to the spare bedroom we occupied.

I discovered it when I went into the room and saw Cinder staring intently at
a small scratching post we had set next to a desk.  A mouse tail was
sticking out from  under the base of the post.

This is a lightweight portable sisal post. I tipped it up, and the mouse
took a second to assess the situation.  Cinder sat as still as a statue and
watched as the mouse nearly tripped over her toes as it ran right under her
nose and scampered under the bed.

Then, she crouched down and cautiously peered under the bed, but made no
attempt to harm the mouse.

 The next few nights we stayed there, I slept lightly, dreading the
gruesome gift I might find on my pillow. But, my fears were for naught.

Apparently Cinder and Rosie considered this cheeky creature a source of
entertainment, or maybe they decided to adopt it.  We made sure, however,
that we did not bring it along when we moved out.

Annie, slave to Cinder and Rosie