Mouse in the house

We’ve had a tiny mouse living in the house for a couple of weeks. We often see him running for cover in the lounge or kitchen, and sometimes the stupid thing runs right across the carpet while we’re watching a DVD or something, so we’ve seen a lot of him. Caleb’s been trying to catch him, setting up traps with Nick’s help – not to kill it, but to have a look at it. We just don’t have the heart to set a proper mouse trap and break its neck. Last night when I went into the kitchen quite late, he was sitting on the small table next to the stove, so I approached very cautiously. He jumped into the spice rack box, so I called Nick down to see what we could do. The mouse eventually jumped off the table and ran under the stove, so Nick got a bit of bread and held it on the floor near the stove, to lure it out. It actually came out, after peeking its tiny head out to see if it was safe, and grabbed some bread from Nick’s fingers. We have it on video tape. I also had a try, but the first time I wasn’t watching properly and got a huge fright when it came scuttling out, sending it dashing for cover again. It came out again, and sat holding a crumb in its front paws, sitting on its hind legs, having a munch. It’s still out and about somewhere, but we’re not sure what the next step is.