MOLE WARFARE (13)

Not much happened on the mole front during the autumn. However around Christmas, one got into the front garden. This was a dangerous assault, since the front lawn is a relatively unspoiled bit of territory, so it was important not to have new tunnels made. Unfortunately, my adversary has been both busy and tenacious, filling my traps with huge mounds of earth that had begun to get on my nerves.

However, if there is one thing I have learned in my eternal mole conflict, it is patience. And this morning I got him. I am going to bury him in the entrance to the new tunnel system. Pour encourager les autres, as generals would say.

Walter Blotscher