"They all ran after the farmer's wife...."

Have you ever heard the nursery rhyme of "The Three Blind Mice?"  They all ran after the farmer's wife and she cut off their tails with a carving knife.  Well, I had mice after me today but I didn't get out my carving knife; I just hollered for a cat!
The chickens ran out of laying mash feed, so to hold them over until we went to the feed store,  I went up in the barn to get some corn that was in a big barrel.  I didn't want to stick my hand in a dark barrel, so I tipped over the barrel so it would be easier to get to the corn.  Just as I was reaching in , a mouse started scrambling around in there.  Needless to say, I was a little startled, but I instantly had an idea.  Over in the corner was Callie, our calico cat. She is a good mouser. So I called her over and put her in the barrel and she chased the mouse out and eventually caught him.  Poor mouse.

 Well, I continued to fill my bucket with corn and as I stood up, I felt something bounce off of my foot.  Yikes!  Another mouse had jumped out and was running across the floor!  I have to admit, I couldn't help myself but to squeal a little.  Hey, it was dark up there and I could just imagine a mouse running up my leg.  I quickly made my escape out into the rain and down to the farmhouse where me and Faith shelled the corn.  I then took the corn down to the chickens where they enjoyed the feast.  I hope they appreciated what I had to go through to feed them.  Just another one of those exciting moments "on the farm."