A rat in my car

In the middle of a long cold Winter, a group of friends and I were bored and decided to purchase a rat from a local pet store. This purchase was completely impulsive and I did not even have permission from my parents to purchase or keep a rat in our family home. As soon as I got the rat into my car, my friends and I decided to take it out to pet. That is when the rat, whom was later named Val, got loose in the vehicle and lived for the next 30 days of her life. Initially my friends and I were panicked but then we all began to laugh, once we realized this rat was not going to come out easily. Every time I encountered Val in my car from that day on became a funny story with photos, videos, and belly rolling laughs from anyone who witnessed.

My friends and I laughed after we dismantled my entire front of my car trying to access the loction where we thought Val might be making a home. I found trails of crumbs from food I had left in my car overnight and little spots where Val had relieved herself all over my car. No matter how hard I tried or how much of a trail Val was leaving, this rat remained on the loose and the problem that while on one had was stressfull, continued to bring laughter to me, my friends and my family.

It was predicted to be a sub zero night in two days and I was very worried about Val freezing to death in my car. I purchased a have a heart trap and my plan was to set a slice of pepporoni pizza inside before I went to bed. Maybe one of the funniest points to this 30-day story of laughter was on the day before I set the have a heart trap, I started driving my car and I happened to look over and see a tail hanging out from my glove box and dangling in the breeze. The video and the photos to go along with it, was shared throughout my friend group and my mother even shared them at her workplace. Everyone thought this was so funny! That next morning after I had set the trap out. I finally caught Val once and for all!

The story of Val is one that could be considered making the most out of a stressful situation. Laughter and funny pictures and videos helped to lighten the mood every day within Val’s time living in my car! I surely will not forget this experience for the rest of my life.

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