I just shared with Elena a story my dentist's fun British receptionist told all us patients in the waiting room.
She had been awakened in the middle of the night--by a possum, in her bed, rubbing noses with her!
Everyone in the waiting room was aghast--especially me--when she stretched the story out slowly to tell us how he had gotten in through the cat or dog door, gone up the stairs, past three other bedrooms, and snuggled in with her, his little possum nose against hers.
She was hysterical at the sight of a possum in her bed. She considered calling 911. She considered waking up a neighbor. Then she decided it was up to her to get him out--and she scooped him up in a towel and transported him back outdoors.
Finally, after he was safely back outside, she decided that her dogs and cats must have had a party and invited said possum and forgotten to tell him when it was time to leave!
Elena's reaction was entirely different from mine: "AWWWW! How cute!" she said. "I wish that would happen to me!"
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