Being a parent often means facing the gross, the bizarre, and the downright terrifying without flinching. So when Laura Thompson, a mom and blogger known for her relatable tales on “Mom on the Go,” found what she thought was a mouse in her young son’s bedroom, she had to channel her inner warrior.
“Today, I spotted a mouse in my son’s room,” she shared on her Facebook page. “A mouse! It looks like Stuart Little has decided to make himself comfortable near my son’s drawers.”
While we all understand that a deceased mouse poses no real threat, it’s still incredibly icky. In moments like these, logic tends to take a backseat. Laura described her reaction as a complete freeze.
“It was the kind of freeze where you feel like even breathing is a risk. My breath just…escaped my lungs. I was trying to find my pulse when my daughter strutted into the room with all her toddler confidence, and I screamed ‘no’! And not just any ‘no,’ but the loudest ‘noooooooooooooooooooooo’ I’ve ever uttered,” she recounted.
In a panic, she called her husband, who was at work, to inform him of the “Mouse Crisis” happening at home. Since setting the house on fire wasn’t an option, she needed his backup.
“Mouse,” she stuttered, fear evident in her voice. “This is not your average Mickey Mouse. This is a miniature Ratatouille, and he’s ready to scatter his little droppings and have a family reunion in my son’s ear, and who knows…mouse in my mouth!!!”
“Uh, what?” he replied, confused.
“Mouse in the house!” she insisted.
“Cat in the hat,” he quipped back.
“No, honey! There’s a mouse in Luca’s room! You must come home NOW and take it outside!”
“Oh, you can just take care of it or, I don’t know, kill it,” he suggested.
“Kill it???” she replied, horrified.
“Cat in hat.”
At that moment, Laura was overwhelmed. She feared that this mouse would summon its friends for an epic party, and she was having none of it.
Taking a deep breath, she bravely reopened her son’s bedroom door, expecting to confront the creature. To her surprise, the “mouse” hadn’t moved an inch. She thought about picking it up after a few “courageous swigs of whisky,” as any true warrior would.
But just as she was about to charge in like a knight on a quest, she realized—“It’s not a mouse. Not a mouse at all.”
What could it be? A rat? A wild hamster? Nope.
“It’s a tiny toy leopard,” she sighed, shaking her head. “This is a secret that shall never escape my lips.”
No one needed to know that her brave moment turned into a tale of her own embarrassment. By the time her husband returned four hours later, he asked how she handled the “situation.” With a straight face, she replied, “I handled that sh*t.”
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Summary: Laura Thompson’s humorous encounter with what she thought was a mouse in her son’s room turned out to be a toy leopard, leading to a comical series of events that had the internet in stitches. Despite her initial panic, the incident ended in laughter and her husband’s bewilderment.