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18 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Monday, December 23, 1996 Section Two What is a Christmas Mouse? Click, click, click, whir, click, click, whir, over and over the sound vibrated. Billy, Leanna, and I tried to identify where this annoying and persistent persistent sound was coming from. It began and ended randomly. randomly. It was just loud enough to disturb any quiet thought. "What a pain", says Billy. "Mom, come help me look in the garage for the source of this sound, please!" We marched out into the garage, garage, which was attached to the house. It was located on the other side of the kitchen. A door from the kitchen led our way. We moved storage boxes, we looked under the car, we looked in the open loft of the garage, seeking some clue to the sound that was annoying us all. With no luck, we returned to the kitchen to continue our search. I open all the cabinet doors, top level, and bottom but, by now the sound had quieted. I decided it was time The Canadian Statesman Presents... to begin making our Cookie List. It was the Holiday Season and that was a signal Jo all in our family that preparations were to officially begin. As one day follows the next and our Holiday preparations move forward, we continue to hear that click, click, click, whir, click, click, whir sound. The odd thing about it is, it's random and seems to travel to different places in the house. Sometimes it is loudest in the kitchen, other times it is loud- HAPPY TIMES SWF, 49, love sports, good times, family, family, friends, I would like to share happy times with a new friend for possible relationship. relationship. AD# 1702 SOMEONE SPECIAL SWF, 5'5", 137 lbs., professional lady, seeking honest, n/smoking gentleman 60-70.1 enjoy dancing, reading, movies, est in the hall or master bedroom bedroom - strange, very strange. Up goes the tree, the garlands and various special do-dads. Billy is especially fond of nutcrackers. nutcrackers. Leanna likes the little gingerbread-men pillows and the snowman pillow on the sofa. I like it ALL. Things are progressing nicely. nicely. Every other day we mix a cookie batter, to be baked the following day. A system that works well for us. Then we load the goodies in cookie tins to be stored until the festivities begin. We expect a lot of activity with all the cousins and Aunts and Uncles. Grandmom and Grandpop will also be a part of our holiday. Therefore, there is a lot of gifts to make as well as shopping to do. There is no let-up on our mystery noise. Seek as we may, we cannot find the source of the problem. So, we continue continue our chores and daily living pattern with the pleasure of this strange noise to accompany accompany us. As the days go by, we begin to play with this sound. Whomever Whomever hears it runs to try to find the source. Sometimes it begins begins and ends abmptly. Other times, it goes on intermittently, or it can continue for what seems an eternity. 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