Allens vs. Rat

So, remember our cute little anniversary garden? Well, it has been through a lot the past couple weeks. About four days after we planted, all the leaves off most of our plants were gone! We thought a little girl in our complex snipped them all off because we saw her trimming other plants around the complex with scissors. So we nicely explained to the 8 year old after replanting, that "this is our garden and you can help us watch it grow." A few nights later, it happened again. So again, we had to replant but this time we weren't sure who would be picking on our pour little plants! Finally, it happened again, only this time the attackers just got most of the bottom leaves. Now we started to think that maybe this was an animal eating up our jalapenos, basil, and cilantro. So we asked the local garden guy what he thought and he said it was either a raccoon or a rat! We weren't sure how a raccoon would get into the complex so we set a rat trap. The first night Matt put peanut butter on the trap and the next morning it was licked clean but the trap was still set. So last night he put a piece of bacon on the trap. Matt got up early to go surf this morning and when I woke up I saw this sign in the bathroom.
Needless to say, the bacon worked! Minus some gruesome details, Matt disposed of the not so little culprit and felt pretty proud of himself! I was laughing so hard when I woke up to this sign but to be honest the rat should have at least four points! I guess it is the last point the really counts! We will see what we can catch tonight!