2 August 2007
A while back, Daddy was watering the strawberry patch, and he saw a little dark animal race across the yard and disappear down into a hole.
So tonight, he told Breezy and I that we would go outside and do an experiment after dinner.
Once dinner was cleaned up, we all went outside and took the water hose with us.
Daddy showed us the holes and told us about seeing the little creature.
To make the little vermin show himself, he took the hose and stuck the end in one of the little holes.
Water filled up to the top of the other three holes, and the little beast never showed himself.
Daddy thought that it might be in the strawberry patch, so he began watering it.
Out came the little guy.
A vole.
The vole raced to his holes to hide, by then the water had already seeped into the ground.
He didn’t return to the surface, so Daddy began filling the holes again with water.
Out he came.
He tried aimlessly to go down another trail, but we had closed it off.
So he did a very daring move.
He went in to the tunnel of water.
Silence.
A few seconds went by.
And out he came from a different hole, and this time he was all wet.
We watched him intently, feeling sorry for the little wet guy.
Then, all of a sudden he disappeared down an unblocked trail.
The little wet vermin was triumphant, and succeeded to get away from us creepy people.
And there ends the tale.
Do not worry, we weren’t going to hurt the little guy, we just wanted to see what he looked like.
