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poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2015-03-12 12:34 pm

Shrew In A Shoe

Another shrew. Or maybe it was the shrew we had earlier and it never left.

Marlowe pointed it out to us. It was hiding in a pile of shoes. We started poking around and it climbed into one of my mother's Oxfords. I covered the opening with my hand, took the shoe to the bottom of the lower field (beyond the scope of Marlowe's wanderings, I think) and let the shrew loose in a woodpile.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-03-12 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
They're protected under the 1981 Countryside Act.

Apparently cats are reluctant to eat them because they taste funny. That may explain why this one was still alive when we found it.

[identity profile] wyrmwwd.livejournal.com 2015-03-12 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe Marlowe knows they are protected.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-03-12 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps he only wants to play.