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01/29/2004: "Churchmouse"

He was first seen on Sunday. An elderly couple had brought a bag of groceries to the church, to be distributed to the needy. Two ministers were talking nearby and heard a rustling sound -- and then the mouse emerged, cautious, then panic-stricken. he went under the door of the secretary's office, into the pastor's study, and then into his closet. Then the next night, he dropped in on the deacon's meeting. According to one report he popped out of a settee and ran across a lady's lap. A five-year-old whose mother was at the meeting crawled all around under the card tables trying to catch him. She didn't get him, and he was spotted heading for the youth center. No further reports, two empty traps.