Mr F was ever so keen to see if the poison had done its job. Next morning, he was in the kitchen exploring again, looking high and low for the rat. Mrs F was quite keen to know the outcome, but at the same time worried that the rat might come out of the kitchen when Mr F opened the door.
Alas, he had good news for Mrs F! He had seen the rat lying on the floor beside the washing machine. In his excitement, he asked her to look at it too but Mrs F was hesitant. She would not have minded but she had had a bad morning with morning sickness that made her puke, so seeing Mr Rat might have made things worse. Mr F looked a little disappointed but did not want Mrs F to go into another vomitting fit, so he changed his mind. Mrs F was totally relieved now. No more rat in the house!
Since Mr F had to rush off to work, he said he would get rid of the rat that evening. However, that afternoon, he called Mrs F during lunch time to describe his little "adventure" in getting rid of it. Since Mr Rat was in a tight corner and there was rat glue around the area he was in, getting him out wasn't a very easy task. In his attempt to push Mr Rat out, Mr Rat had gotten stuck on the glue. Furthermore, he realised that the rat was not totally dead - it was still moving and twitching a little. A sad sight, Mrs F imagined. After some struggle, Mr F managed to free the rat from the glue, place it on the dustpan and put it into a plastic bag. Finally, he could throw it away and close the chapter on the rat.
Although Mrs F was totally freaked out by the whole incident, she felt pity for the rat. If only it hadn't entered their house, they wouldn't have had to resort to drastic measures to get rid of it. Mr F also felt bad, especially since he had to do the killing. He joked with Mrs F that he would have gladly coexisted peacefully with the rat if not for her. Haha, not.
One weekend (and more) later, Mr F worked hard to get rid of all the rat glue around the house. Mrs F mopped up the remaining traces. They were both glad they wouldn't accidentally step on the glue again. It was indeed difficult to get rid of the glue once you stepped on it, no wonder the poor rat had bled after being trapped on it.
Sorry Mr Rat, we hope you will forgive us. But to other rats, let this be a warning not to come into our house. Muahahaha.
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