Mice Versus Rats

I'm not for spending money or traveling abroad, but when I opened the drawer, at the bottom of my desk, it was full of tiny mice, nesting on my check- book, since I hadn't opened for years; they had eaten my passport too, and a couple of poems I thought were too racy to be published.22 mice smaller than a baby's thumb confused in the glare of light the creatures thought my fingers were other mice when I tried to retrieve my check book- and out of date my passport. Closed the drawer to the mice's delight, thought it had been a deviation, got hold of a tin bucket opened the drawer again and put them all in there, yes, even the babies- there are times in life when one can show no mercy- my intention was to drown them, but could not, their struggle to climb up the bucket must be honored. At night I let them free on the sandy lane. When I opened the drawer next day a big rat sat there, bit my finger it had stolen my credit card…. Now, how do you explain that to a bank manager?