Watch: Mouse was caught secretly tidying up a man's shed every night

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Originally published at: Watch: Mouse was caught secretly tidying up a man's shed every night - Boing Boing

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How cute.

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A mouse? Pshaw! It was probably gnomes and faeries!

He should try leaving out some shoes to be mended.

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You want the hantavirus? Because this is how you get the hantavirus.

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This is in Wales, which as far as i know is not where Hantavirus is endemic (i looked it up an its usually in Latin America and southern US). That’s not to say that he shouldn’t be cautious of other potential health issues from having a wild rodent in his shed. He could humanely relocate the mouse to a safe place

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But then how would his shed get tidy?

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He could hire the mouse to swing by once a week :stuck_out_tongue:

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Payment in cheese?

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Well, he’s only gone and blabbed about it to a national newspaper!

We know from tons of folklore that helpful house spirits (such as brownies, kobolds, korpokkur or heinzelmännchen) will gladly do your work for you over night, but will disappear or take revenge if you try to observe them in their work.

I agree with @RickMycroft that this is clearly a supernatural creature that has only taken the form of a mouse for the sake of the camera. You can tell by the fact that the (adorable) mouse spends a lot of time on two legs.

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Mouse Knolling? Cool! :heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

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Hell, i’d swing by for payment in cheese :thinking: :eyes:

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Tom And Jerry Eating GIF

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If ever a post required the “Delightful Creatures” tag, this is it.

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And stop them from getting in in the first place.

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It’s a shed… not known for effectively keeping out anything smaller than a cat.

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I’m sure that even the Fortress of Solitude has mice… probably Supermice, of course, but mice, nonetheless.

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Getting rodents to do the housekeeping is a talent usually reserved for Disney princesses.

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i just wonder what the mouse’s motivation is. is it fun for it to put things in the tray? Does it feel safer to be less cluttered? i am not entirely sure it’s doing it because it was messy before.

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Could I hire this mouse?

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… Arctic sea mice

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