The Great Chipmunk Chase by GrandmaT
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A few weeks ago, Allie and I were at my Mother's house. As I walked through her bedroom, I heard a skittering sound. She explained that her younger cat had brought in a live chipmunk and turned it loose (his usual MO). The older cat had then chased the chipmunk into her bedroom where it took refuge under her dresser and was still there. Knowing we had to get it out before it tunneled through a wall or died somewhere we couldn't reach, we set about catching it. Here begins the tale of the Keystone Kops or a very close approximation.
We closed all the doors in the bedroom and I got a towel thinking I could throw it over the little devil. We moved the dresser away from the wall and Mother prodded around with a broom until it ran out along the baseboard. I flung the towel - and missed. He ran all along the wall and got under the bed, Allie keeping track of his progress. Mother repositioned herself and poked under the bed. It retraced its route and I missed again - and again. This went on for 10 minutes before we realized we needed a plan B other than just giving it a name and adopting it.
We opened the door to the sunroom and positioned Allie behind it. Mother and I dragged various and sundry items to form a chute from the dresser out the door. We propped open the storm door and managed to herd the chipmunk through the sunroom door and had Allie close it. Now we went through a modified version of prior events before finally getting him/her close enough to the outside door for it to get the hint and dart into the yard. By that time we were all exhausted. We will all be glad when Stubbs gets through his teenage stage. Never a dull moment.
The doors in the room were made in Poser by me.
DAZ:
flip flops
K4 basic wear
broom
modern bed 2
lamp
Freebies:
Alice hair, Short hair - Koz
Frill top - Porthos
Hula Dance Shoes - elleque
overalls - Kemp Sparky
Dresser - Mapps
violet - Allen Art
4eyes floor - Colonel Panic
small table - Internetmoi
walnut box - Geralday
picture - gorillalabs3k
Comments (42)
bakapo
it sounds (and looks) like quite an event! well done!
RodS
Now see, this is why you need a video camera...... This would have been a riot to watch from the description. What a fun story, and I love how you've used your rendering skills to illustrate the story! Top notch, Terri, and a real lift for the evening!
donnena
Super story, Grand image! Love plan B, but glad you were able to return him to the wild!!!
Wolfenshire
Absolutely... you should have video taped it and put it on youtube.
pimanjc
Fun render. These are my favorite kinds.
eekdog Online Now!
what a fun story, Terri. love the image that goes with.
Faemike55
Set some music to the video and you would have rivaled Ray Stevens and his Mississippi Squirrel Revival! Very cute story and render thanks for the smile
starship64
What a cute story and scene. I'm glad the little critter made it back outside.
Windigo
Wonderful story and render!
Raages
Fabulous story and image.
hilmarion
nice and vivid story
papasmrfe
The poses are perfect, and the story, funny. thanks for sharing this.
pchef
funny. Beautiful scene
art-ella
Funny story and image also.
Mondwin
Cool story and beauty image my friend!!!Bravissima!V:DDD.Hugsxx Whylma
CosmicWorth
Excellent artwork
miwi
Excellent image,super story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cyve
Fantastic story and marvelous image... This scene is absolutely fabulous... Wonderfully done my friend.
ontar1
Fantastic scene and characters, love the posing, outstanding work!
Valeriya
Wonderful scene!
T.Rex
It's like when we got mice in the school last winter. Nice render depicting the scene. Much fun in this. Keep up the good work! :-)
KarmaSong
Very vivid narrative and excellent scene !
CoyoteSeven
Marvelous render!
mrestey
LOL! This is a great re-creation of the event T. Yup, them cats can really create some issues sometimes. Reminds me of a cat we had many years ago who used to do the same thing. She would catch little critters alive and deliver them. Frogs, mice, chipmunks. Once, when I got home from somewhere I entered the house to find a large bowl upside-down in the middle of kitchen floor. My wife told me that Keesha (the cat) had brought in a present and she needed my help getting rid of it. It was a garter snake! I slipped a piece of card board under the bowl and picked up bowl, snake and all and brought it outside. Keesha followed. She wanted her toy back. I had lock her in the house to give the poor snake a chance to get away, LOL.
Diemamker
Sounds like it was a great adventure!!!.... super image showing all the action!..
dreaming_banshee
Great scene and illustration of a fun story!
Flint_Hawk Online Now!
A delightful story to hear, but I imagine it wasn't funny when it happened! Wonderfully done illustration!
Mulltipass
Very fun image!! Great story!!
caty77
Nice scene!
aqua1955
Smashing story. It seems you have a plague of chipmunks in the States.