The Rise and Fall of Super Mouse
Gather around, kiddies. I’m going to tell you how you can beat the odds in life, how you can do anything you want to do and not get caught – just the way Super Mouse did. This is a true story.
Here I am sitting in my office, the same as I’ve always done, except that the rest of the house is vacant now with a For Sale sign out front. Until someone buys the rest of the house, I’ll keep the office, because everything is right where I want it. Everything’s the same as it’s always been, except, well yes, I keep a few crackers and cookies in my desk drawers.
Enter Super Mouse. I don’t know how he gets in, but he does. He’s very clever. He thinks he belongs here, so he nibbles away my crackers and cookies, even though they are in the top drawer of my desk. Now, how does a mouse get into the top drawer of a desk?
Some of kinder heart than me may think I shouldn’t begrudge the rodent Houdini a free meal. But I’m sorry, I do. This is my place and I didn’t invite him, and he not only eats my stuff but leaves other evidences of his trips. He can go to someone else’s place or even be a Field Mouse.
However, since he is a guest, I want him to feel welcome, so I make up a tasty fare of cheese and peanut butter for him – in a mouse trap, of course. Now, do you want to know why he is a Super Mouse? I’ll tell you. He has cleaned one trap after another of my free food – without setting off the trap. Not just stole the food, mind you, but cleaned it so there’s not been a bit of the free food left. An amazing performance. I began to wonder if the trap was working or not, so I tested it and almost tripped my finger.
After several of these mouse-feeding parties, I had to re-think the whole business. My conclusion: Super Mouse is smarter than I am. O.K., I’m too old to get mouse-smart, so I had to invent a new theory, which is: Sooner or later, Super Mouse is going to make a mistake. Super Mouse didn’t agree; he knew he was smarter than I am. He kept right on coming back for his free feed.
Until yesterday. End of mouse-feeding parties. End of Super Mouse.
Now, kiddies, here’s the point of this true story: Like Super Mouse, you may think you are smarter than anybody else – and maybe you are. In fact, yes, you can do some bad things and get away with them. Maybe no one will even know about them. BUT SOONER OR LATER YOU WILL BE CAUGHT! And when that happens, you will not have lost only that one time. From then on, even if you are innocent, no one will believe you. All you have to be caught is once – and your future is settled, with a black mark.
That’s why I said I can tell you how you can beat the odds in life. You can only beat the odds by not playing in a game where the odds are against you.
And a last reminder: There is always free cheese in a mousetrap.
–Vic Jose
Vic Jose :: May.15.2010 :: Uncategorized ::
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Another outstanding article. You should think about doing
this for a living. Have ever thought about publishing a
newspaper? I hear there are some for sale.
I’m a little slow with my blog reading, but wanted to let you know you do have more than one reader. I thoroughly enjoyed this mouse story. I still bait my mousetraps the way you taught me, many years ago. I tie a string around the little metal piece where the bait goes, and cover it with peanut butter. It still works!