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| Milo |
This is Milo, a young brown male. I usually carry him around on my shoulder or inside my shirt. He also comes in the car and usually sits beside me. He's quite a character and a prolific jumper who can leap well over a metre.
Anyway, just recently I was doing some gardening and moved the car out of the carport. It was after I cut the lawn that I realised he was missing.
My wife and I conducted a massive search every day - emptying the car and searching it many times. Searching all over the garden area and outside. I even asked neighbours to keep an eye out for him. But we did not find him.
It was nearly four whole days later that I drove the car to the tip to dump some garden rubbish. While I was there a familiar face suddenly appeared from under the interior of the car dashboard. Yes it was Milo.
Of course we were very happy and we had prayed a lot for him to be safe and return but quite frankly I had given up hope. NEARLY FOUR DAYS LOST. How did he survive? There was no food or water in the car and it was very hot summer weather. Maybe he got out of the car somehow, found nourishment somewhere and returned to the car because he regards it as a home. I just don't know. It's the mystery of Milo.
Anyway while he was gone my son brought me a young replacement whom I named Pluto after the planet because it is small and is the same fawn colour as him. Pluto is really delightful and friendly and after a careful introduction the two rats - Milo and Pluto - are now a team and playing happily together. It's a joy to watch.
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| Pluto |
