The next day the trap was empty. Patience, though, was what would catch Saruman. Jonah noticed some of the bait was missing. Soon enough, Saruman would fall for the rest of the bait and then we'd have won.

Cooper, from the tent, reported partial success in their endeavors against the mouse menace. But first, the menace. Their mouse had gotten into Cooper's trail mix. The picky little rodent ate all the nuts and M&M's, but left the raisins in a pile just outside the bag! They got him, though, when he got into a Cup Noodles and couldn't get out. Silly them, though. They took the mouse outside to have their way, but the mouse jumped out of the cup and ran into another tent. They wouldn't be so bold next time.

There was a mouse in the connex, too. Sergeant Ladao set up a mouse trap there. It was a box with some masking tape. I wasn't sure how it was supposed to work. The bait there was cookies. He ended up almost trapping me, but no mouse yet. Isn't there a saying? "Give a mouse a cookie" something something?