The Demise of the Blue Mouse
5 February 2005
Finally! My computer is home and I have finished re-installing everything! Now, back to the business of my so-called life…
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Even though I have no children, I have as many toys strewn around my house as someone who does: CAT toys that is! Boxes, furry mice, tennis balls, little spongy balls, mice filled with catnip, etc. But even though I have this plethora of cat toys, there always seems to be a favorite, and for a long time it has been the Blue Mouse.
The Blue Mouse is merely a tear-dropped shaped piece of plastic covered with soft, almost natural feeling fur, though it is the most hideous turquoise blue color you can imagine. We have had many mice like this one: a white one, a brown one, a hot pink one, and finally the blue one.
For some reason this type of mouse has always been a favorite Scooter and Harley’s, explaining, I imagine, why we have had so many of them. The Blue Mouse has been quite a tough cookie though. We have had it for almost three years and though it regularly got pounced upon and carried around like the prize kill that I am sure Scooter and Harley thought it was and no longer had eyes or ears, it had remained in one piece until the other day.
On Tuesday of this week, I came into the bedroom after I got out of the shower and on the middle of the bed, nearly camouflaged by the varying shades of blue on my comforter, was the Blue Mouse. Next to it, Scooter was curled up; snoozing after what I can only imagine was a very “intense” play session. After scolding him about the fact that the Blue Mouse was on the bed, I picked it up, ready to toss it on the floor. Unfortunately, the Blue Mouse had seen better days; for when I picked it up, its tail stayed behind on the bed and I noticed that the blue fur was worn and falling off its poor little plastic body.
After a short memorial service where the cats and I paid our respects to the Blue Mouse, it was deposited in the trash can and when I reached into my bag of “replacement” cat toys, producing the Purple Mouse, forgotten.
