THE RAT STORY...TRULY HILARIOUS ;-)
I had been thinking of writing this blog a few days now . This happened in my uneventful life a few weeks back . Thanks to my hubby who is making my life full of fun and laughter
Now to the story ,recently we have relocated to my hubby`s office quarters , the township .It is a 1892 acres of land which includes the office complex and the township together .
Earlier this had been sugarcane field and so it happens that there are lots and lots of rats here . I just remembered the Pied Piper`s story :-)
Ok Ok ...I got drifted away ;)
And as there are rats over here , and has been hearing a lot of stories of rats in flats from neighbors every now and then .
So it happened one day ...a very usual day , like every day my husband came for lunch and left for office . It was 4 in the evening . I was as usual busy with my computer and messaging ,
when suddenly I heard a sound from the kitchen . I went to the kitchen and when looked here and........... saw a small stand near the window had just fallen down over some vessels which I had washed and kept.
I was just going back to the room ,when I again heard some sounds of the vessels and as I came back again ......There it is is ....the dear Vahana of Lord Ganesha, peeping its head in between the washed utensils ....Grrrrrrrrrr....I was all scared , shocked and was feeling gosh ....It was a huge one , and has entered the kitchen through the exhaust fan . It just got in , fell on the stand that was kept there and thus the noise .
I dint know what to do ,I just called up my hubby and as it has been happening all over there in the office as in for an emergency they have kept some rat gums and stuff to trap the rats .
I was worried that it would go anywhere else , so I sat on the dining chair closely watching its movements . (Btw our kitchen is on one side of the hall and the bedrooms on the other side ). My hubby told that he will bring the gum from office and asked me to wait .
You know how these guys are when he says he has started from work and will be home in 5 minutes ..that 5 minutes = maybe 2-3 hrs..........
and so it happened , I was waiting in the chair ,and the rat was doing all masti . It was running from underneath the kitchen sink to under the fridge and whenever it started to come out of the kitchen I make a tapping sound with the feet and there it go again back under the sink ( Luckily all shelves and everything were closed , so it has only 2 options left ........either under the sink or the fridge ..and it was running about in between these two )
The hero who told me that he will be at home dint reach at all , it was now 6.15 pm and I was still keeping a close watch ..and then hubby darling came with a rat gum in his hand .
He was brave , he went into the kitchen , kept the gum underneath the sink . He asked me to close all the bedrooms ,and I did so . He gave me a long stick , just in case it comes out asked me to kick it out .
( Years back when we were staying in an apartment in Kerala , there we had faced the same problem , but then that was tooooooooo tennee wenee mice .....they used to come through the kitchen pipes .....and all four us together joined the mission ....and the job assigned to me was to kick them out with sticks ... ..and did my part very efficiently and successfully every time .So he thought my experience was useful here too :-)
The rat was all quiet now , hearing the noises it was on high alert . And then hubby asked me to bring the torch ,which was in one bedroom , I took it and obviously forgot to close the door back ...silly me ...
My hubby then started moving things underneath the sink one by one , and it was not found , there was a gas cylinder under the sink and then he started spraying hit with one hand and moving the cylinder with other , and then all of a sudden the rat jumped off from the cylinder ...under the fridge ..............and yes it goes straight into the open bedroom......Grrrrrrrrrrr..........
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| Pied Piper :-) |
Ok Ok ...I got drifted away ;)
And as there are rats over here , and has been hearing a lot of stories of rats in flats from neighbors every now and then .
So it happened one day ...a very usual day , like every day my husband came for lunch and left for office . It was 4 in the evening . I was as usual busy with my computer and messaging ,
when suddenly I heard a sound from the kitchen . I went to the kitchen and when looked here and........... saw a small stand near the window had just fallen down over some vessels which I had washed and kept.
I was just going back to the room ,when I again heard some sounds of the vessels and as I came back again ......There it is is ....the dear Vahana of Lord Ganesha, peeping its head in between the washed utensils ....Grrrrrrrrrr....I was all scared , shocked and was feeling gosh ....It was a huge one , and has entered the kitchen through the exhaust fan . It just got in , fell on the stand that was kept there and thus the noise .
I dint know what to do ,I just called up my hubby and as it has been happening all over there in the office as in for an emergency they have kept some rat gums and stuff to trap the rats .
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| The Rat Gum |
You know how these guys are when he says he has started from work and will be home in 5 minutes ..that 5 minutes = maybe 2-3 hrs..........
and so it happened , I was waiting in the chair ,and the rat was doing all masti . It was running from underneath the kitchen sink to under the fridge and whenever it started to come out of the kitchen I make a tapping sound with the feet and there it go again back under the sink ( Luckily all shelves and everything were closed , so it has only 2 options left ........either under the sink or the fridge ..and it was running about in between these two )
The hero who told me that he will be at home dint reach at all , it was now 6.15 pm and I was still keeping a close watch ..and then hubby darling came with a rat gum in his hand .
He was brave , he went into the kitchen , kept the gum underneath the sink . He asked me to close all the bedrooms ,and I did so . He gave me a long stick , just in case it comes out asked me to kick it out .
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The rat was all quiet now , hearing the noises it was on high alert . And then hubby asked me to bring the torch ,which was in one bedroom , I took it and obviously forgot to close the door back ...silly me ...
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| Silly Me :-( |
My hubby then started moving things underneath the sink one by one , and it was not found , there was a gas cylinder under the sink and then he started spraying hit with one hand and moving the cylinder with other , and then all of a sudden the rat jumped off from the cylinder ...under the fridge ..............and yes it goes straight into the open bedroom......Grrrrrrrrrrr..........
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| hubby dear |
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| Me |
Now.......we were running towards the bedroom to catch the rat and then it happened ....in all the tension ,confusion and stress.....here it happens ....hubby steeped on the rat gum....quite expected of him....known fact to anyone who know him ....and his office shoe base is now all full of gum ....but then we have no time to think of it right now , rt dears ??
so we continued the journey ...the rat hunt ...So me with a stick in hand and my hubby with a broom and Hit in each hands ....with a shoe with gum base .....we were like cartoon witches ...
it could be anywhere ...under the bed , behind the music system...hubby dear was spraying hit and moving things here and there ...and the brave me was screaming and was on standing on the bed ..
.He was asking me to use the stick and accusing me for keeping the door open and being so careless ..
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| Meee |
Somehow I gained courage and standing on the bed itself started beating here and there with the stick and started poking underneath the bed ......and all of a sudden it ran out of the room ......and we after it ....closing the room behind us ...smart me!!!
The rat was in a mood to play....it started climbing up the curtains ,swinging from one curtain to another ....and hubby was throwing the broom and me as expected screaming ;-)
Some how we managed to bring it down ...but then it was pretty clever , it went straight to the front room , climbed on the shelves , in the process throwing down many of the show pieces ...
after a bit of SHOW ...we poked , poured water ,Hit and it ran back to the kitchen and went out to through the kitchen door....and now the time was 7.30 pm ....after closing the doors and putting the exhaust fan on so that it wont enter again ...we came back relaxed , a bit down seeing the broken pieces of show pieces though ....and we came and sat on the sofa ...discussing and talking about the rat ......
and that is when we saw the horrifying scene
On the floor there were all footprints of the shoe and the gum ............... all over the place ....where ever my dear hubby ran ....from kitchen to bedroom to the drawing and dining space ...
I guess anyone could imagine our plight......Oh God ....we were all tired after running after the rat , now has to clean this mess...
.and instead of sitting and relaxing .....we were off to the other mission....cleaning the floor ...the gum....it was a hell of a work....
and later after hours ...we sat relaxed , relieved and had a hearty
laugh over the rat story and more about him stepping on the gum and making a mess of the house .....and now the rat story is one of the topic of discussion and laughter which I keep narrating to every one I know :-)
After all life is all about cherishing such memories ...some happy moments ...thinking of such happy moments ....i am sure a smile would come to our lips even after years .......Oh My....Life is so beautiful ..
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