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The Rat

"We have a mouse.....Some would even say he's a rat...."---Ben Barnes

(Our rat in the city, before he moved to Jay.)

We would like to share with you the story of our...most hated band member.

One night Ben, Michael, and I were at the cabin playing music.  After we finished playing, I decided to load all of my equipment up and take it home.  This included an amp that I had left in the corner for a couple of weeks because I had no use for it at home.  When I picked it up it started rattle, as if something were in it.  I started shaking it and noticed that corn started to come out of the vent holes on the front. I was enraged.
Ben's only response was, "Well, I guess it's time to tell you.........THE STORY OF THE MOUSE!..."

This is basically how it goes:
    You see, we have this pack rat that lives here.  He likes to move things and put them in different places.  What he did was, he took a bunch of corn out of a feed sack and carried it over to the top of the refrigerator and put it in a box.  He then took it from the box and put it in the amp.  We figure he carried about a pound of corn over to the amp, this is like 15 feet from the sack of feed.

    With as much corn as he has moved, we can only imagine the size of this mongoloid.  He has been spotted on occasion, but no one can guess his exact size.  

We're still undecided on whether or not to catch the jerk.