Our cat brought in a mouse tonight. He was really chomping on it and the poor thing (mouse) was really struggling. DC's go into meltdown, naturally. The cat drops the mouse, one of the DC's restrains the cat, mouse legs it downstairs and takes refuge by the front door presumably hoping that someone's going to open the door and say "off you go old chap." I go downstairs to investigate, mouse has a busted back leg and is trembling, so I scoop him up in some kitchen roll and take a closer look. Such a cute little thing. I said to DC's that it's probably best to just put him outside and leave him to it, but they gang up on me and insist that he must not be put outside as "it's freezing." (True.) They're all on the verge of tears at the prospect of little mouse being turfed out into the elements and instead turf the cat out instead, calling him a few choice names as he goes for hurting such a sweet little creature so much!
I have compromised for now by putting mouse in a box in the downstairs loo. I think he's going to have to go though...
What to tell them in the morning? Probably best to say that he died.