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Raccoon in the Chimney, The Final Chapter
© Wayne Dawe
Oct 1, 2000
When we last left the boys, they had just put mothballs down the chimney
to try to evict their unwelcome visitor, the raccoon in the chimney.
Let's see what happened. This is part two of the story don't read it
until you read part one or you
are going to be really confused. I am going to publish my yearly
Halloween article on October 15th. Don't miss it and if you have any
good Halloween links to recommend please let me know.
The next the day smallest boy woke up early and wrinkled his nose at the
smell of mothballs that permeated the house. "What's that smell?", he
asked the middle brother poking him in the ribs to make sure he was
awake. "You silly boy!", the middle brother exclaimed, "that's the moth
balls we put in the chimney to chase away the raccoon". "Don't you
remember the smell from when they were in the attic to evict the other
raccoon?" "Oh, I forgot", the smallest boy replied. By now the oldest
boy had awakened. "We should go check whether the raccoon is gone, then
we can take the mothballs out of the chimney and open some windows to
air out the house". The boys zoomed into the living room and put their
ears against the chimney. After a few seconds the heard the unmistakable
scratching sound of the raccoon in the chimney. "He's still there!" the
oldest boy exclaimed. "I think we should tape some plastic over the
fireplace doors to keep the smell of mothballs in the chimney. It's
probably smellier in the house than in the chimney, that's why he's
still living in our chimney." So the smallest boy got some masking tape,
the middle boy went to the basement to get the plastic and just for good
measure the oldest boy put the speakers back in the fireplace and turned
on the hard rock station at full blast. The boys secured the plastic
over the fireplace opening, made their lunch and headed off to school. When they came home that night they heard a noise that sounded
suspiciously like singing coming from the chimney. "I have a brilliant
idea", the oldest boy said with glee. "Let's go to the hardware store
and get a chimney cap, if my idea works we'll only have a short time to
prevent him from moving back in if my idea works." What's you idea?" the
smallest boy asked. I don't want to say in here, the raccoon might hear
and then it wouldn't work" the oldest boy counseled. So the boys went
off to the hardware store, On the way the oldest boy briefed the other
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