Junior saves a life
Two, actually. Me and the kids were at Petsmart while the Mrs. finished up some stuff. The kids like to go look at fish, vermin, birds (but I repeat myself) and other critters they have there. We’re watching the rats when Junior says Those two are jumping. I look down and see two mice in a cage (BTW, per the sign, these were fancy mice, whatever that means) and they are jumping. Each mouse is jumping to the water dispenser thingie because they can’t reach it. I tell Junior that it looks like the mice are thirsty. About that time, an employee walks by and I point out that these two mice can’t reach the water. The employee opens the cage and lowers the water dispenser thingy. Then, both mice drink water for five minutes straight. Who knows how long they’d gone without water.
December 5th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Bravo for Junior. People seem to have lost the ability to be observant. That employee had walked by the cage who knows how many times.
December 5th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Kudos. His PETA membership is in the mail.
December 5th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Whew, they’ll be well-hydrated when some dude feeds them to his pet snake.
December 5th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Heh. I think ‘fancy’ and the price compared to other vermin implied they were meant as pets, not food.
December 5th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Why can’t they be both?
December 5th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Why can’t they be both?
Because it’s too hard to keep them between the slices of bread long enough to get a bite.
December 6th, 2007 at 12:29 am
In Georgia I helped an animal protection group monitor pet stores. You might be surprised and sad to know what goes in these stores. But, as you observed, much can be observed by the observant, particularly children. When my daughter was little, she had a reputation for finding money. Lots of money. On the street, on floors, etc. Kids notice things that adults are often too busy and preoccupied to notice.