After Joe finished grasping the packages, he scanned them all so not to lose anything. He fit them into the van as usual, and put on his seatbelt ready to drive. Still sweating from the August heat, he had a hunch he’d better be quick delivering because a couple of the boxes said perishable. People knew better than to expect regular vans to be refrigerated, but that’s life, Joe thought, they never read the fine print.
Joe smiled to himself, hoping this day would be fast. Then he heard it, a slight noise, like little chains were rattling around in one of the parcels. He pulled over thinking surely no one would box up an animal, like a puppy or kitten! Joe loved kittens. He decided to investigate the sounds and decided on one box that was moving slightly. Joe was freaked out, what if it was a snake? Joe hated snakes, one of his worst fears!
Then a flap of the cardboard moved and out streamed a colony of mice, running fast. Joe fell back as the tiny creatures flowed out of the tiny opening. He shoved the box with the only weapon he could think of, the first aid kit hanging on the truck wall. Joe was not about to touch the box with his hands. He grabbed the metal box and used it to move the creepy package out the back of the truck.
The package lay on the side of the street and then to Joe’s amazement, an extremely long striped snake came out of the flap the mice had fled through. Joe stayed up on the truck edge and the snake slid into the nearby culvert drain grate. Joe started shaking and quit his job that afternoon.
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Wordle 747
The Bag Lady 