This has happened to me twice, but they were in different contexts. The first time Anna saw a mouse inside the big shopping bag we use for our paper and plastic recycling. I slowly pulled things out one piece at a time until I saw a flash of the mouse, then I carried the bag outside to let it go.

Then this last time Anna said she saw a flash of black in the cabinet, but she didn’t know if it was a mouse or a roach. I looked into the cabinet and saw nothing, but knew that as soon as I moved any one can or box that a roach could be behind it. I think I removed four or five things before I saw the roach, then I grabbed a paper towel and got it and mashed it to death.

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