stairway to heaven

one of my pet mice...white...has departed for the heavens on 18th nov 05. i'm not sure how he died. the day before 18th, i notice he was lying in a corner. however, i didn't pay much attn since the mice like to snuggle in a corner to sleep at times. the next day, near midnight, i realised there were a lot of small flies in the tank.

to my horror, white had died. my heart skippped a beat. amazingly enough, i didn't cry. felt upset...but i guess that's part of life. also, i know the lifespan of mice is around 2+yrs only. i quickly disposed of the body by cleaning out the whole tank.

i wonder how the other mouse, patch, feels now. must be really lonely. no one to fight with, no one to clean each other with, no one to play with. patch is my fave among the 2. i really hope he pulls thru. trying to acoy him more nowadays but he's the more coward one. alwiz running away from him since day one. perhaps my training methods are not good. anyway, hope patch will last for long.