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October 27, 2005
Trap
While playing out in the back yard, Henry discovered a small hole in the ground and surmised that it was some sort of animal burrow. He built a trap (with my help) in hopes of capturing the animal. I asked him what he had planned to do with it if the trap did work and he said he only wanted me to take pictures of it so he could study it. Then he would set it free.
The trap is made out of shims and secured in the corners with masking tape. The clothespins are for weight. He put the remains of his sister's turkey sandwich next to it hoping to lure the animal out of the hole. He tied a bunch strings to sticks and tree roots so it would get tangled up when it came out to eat. And then, just to be sure, he strung some masking tape from tree to tree in case it managed to avoid the strings by jumping straight up.
This was a few days ago and no animal yet.
Posted by Julee at October 27, 2005 03:25 PM
Comments
That is quite a creative little engineer you have there. I hope he snares something for his scientific research.
Posted by: Yolanda at October 28, 2005 06:24 PM