i'm getting damn tired of being a chipmunk wrangler!
i have chased bob who has been chasing the chipmunk
most of the day!

i herded the teeny beast into the cat carrier, but silly me
i forgot that the squares of the metal grid on the front
of the carrier are too big to hold a ferocious chipmunk!!!
i tilted it up on end thinking that with the grid on top i
could lug the whole thing outside and release the little
grinny to roam free once more.

not a chance. the little guy popped straight up at me
right through an opening and took off under the tv!

i finally, with a broom and a towel, nudged him toward the
kitchen.(i've rescued chipmunks before, covering them with a towel
and scooping them up. )

i opened the kitchen screen door because mr. chipmunk was
clinging to the hinges of the door, about 5 and a half ft. off the ground.

he was INCHES away from freedom so what does he do??

he scrambles back through the kitchen, into the living room
where he is in the gas logs of the fireplace!

bob keeps sticking a paw in and i just KNOW he's going to be bitten, so
i have a towel over the logs and bob and i are both tired and agitated! s