MOUSE (THE RODENT TYPE) GETS REVENGE

I originally saw this story on CNN's Web page early Monday morning, but did not have time to do anything with it. Thankfully, the story is still on the Albuquerque Tribune's site. It's an interesting reminder of the old saying "You know what they say about payback..."

In Fort Sumner, New Mexico recently an 81 year young man caught a mouse inside his home, and decided to dispose of the rodent by tossing it into a pile of burning leaves.

Needless to say, the mouse didn't like the idea much. So, in flames, the mouse escaped from the pile and ran just beneath a window into the man's home...setting the residence on fire. The fire spread up the window and throughout the house, destroying it completely.

"I've seen numerous house fires," village fire department Captain Jim Lyssy said, "but nothing as unique as this one."

It is funny to a certain extent, except for the fact that this elderly man no longer has a home.