Gerbil or; The Great Escape

So I'm sitting here having a nice conversation with TC, and I start hearing little shuffle sounds and such. I'm ignoring it, because sometimes my mind plays tricks on me when I'm home alone and I hear scuffling where there isn't any. Or the gerbils are just being particularly loud.

Then, I started to hear a peculiar thumpa thumpa thump. That's the sound that gerbils make with their hind feet when they're in danger. But the weird thing is, it was coming from under my bed. So, I look, and lo and behold Diamonds is sitting under my bed, behind the bin I keep my extra comforter in.

After about 5 minutes of discovering this gerbil is way too smart for me, I call in reinforcements. The Boy arrives roughly 15 minutes later, and the real chase begins. Things start off slow. Diamonds simply leads us on by running between mine and The Boy's side of the bed. Then, BAM, she kicks things up a notch by running between my legs to the safety of under the highboy. After roughly a half hour of chasing her back and forth between the bed and the highboy, we were ready to wave the white flag.

"Quick, get a cup!" Cries the boy, realizing that we will not be able to catch this villain with our hands. I make a move to get to the door, when the offender makes a break for the corner in front of the door. I tried unsuccessfully to trap her with a mesh hat. We chased her back under the bed, and I made a break for the kitchen. I grabbed a large Tupperware bowl, and returned, now clearly on a vendetta.

The chase continued, but we pressed on. Finally, after some trickery, we lured the critter to the corner. I'd plugged up the hole that she was using to get under the highboy with some laundry, and put a box in her way of escape in the other direction. It took only a few moments before she was safely under the bowl. The Boy got a folder to tuck under her, for transport back to jail, erm, her tank, and all was well in the west (Allis).

Fin.