Trapped!

in #palnet5 years ago

The scream sounded almost human in the garage. "David!" she yelled running towards the back door. Inside the dusty and dim lit garage she heard wild scrabbling. Approaching carefully she saw movement beneath the work bench. A fluffy tail poked out twitching madly. She pointed her phone flashlight into the corner and what peered out were the wide frightened eyes of a gray squirrel struggling to pull free of a rat trap.

"Oh, no!" She exclaimed. The pain was evident in the creatures eyes. She approached slowly, speaking softly, "It's ok, little guy. I'll get you free."

She looked around for something to use to wrap around it's quivering body. It's paw was clamped tightly into the trap.

She located a beat up blanket and grabbed it along with a pair of gloves and slowly approached closer. "Don't be afraid, " she said, "it will be just a few minutes."

She tossed the blanket over it and rushed in with the squirrel screeching louder. Taking the trap in her gloves she pulled the offending devise open releasing the squirrel's foot. It was tight and she was grateful the snap happened on the thick of the animals paw oozing blood. In seconds, he was free. Scrambling with his good feet he raced under the table and out a hole in the garage.

The squirrel stopped at a tree nearby and from the tree she saw two little squirrels converge on the wounded one before all three slipped into the wood.

David stood bleary eyed at the door. "What was all the racket?"
Susan tossed the rat trap in the garbage and said, "No more rat traps, please!"

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Ah nice, I love a happy ending!

I don't like it when a non rat gets caught in a trap. But if we don't trap them - we get overrun by the beasts...

Thank you for the prompt and reading. In the end my squirrel survived ❤🙏

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