Tuna is humming “The Sound of Music” to herself upstairs in the living room when she hears Nuna scream.
Nuna: TINA! THE HAMSTER’S MISSING! HE’S GONE!
Nuna runs up to Tuna from the basement.
Nuna: DARIAN LEFT THE CAGE DOOR OPEN AND THE HAMSTER ESCAPED.
Tuna and Nuna run downstairs into the basement and overturn everything looking for the hamster.
Tuna: Oh my god, this morning, I heard funny sounds coming from my luggage. I pretended that there was a mouse in the luggage and kicked the box. What if I kicked and killed the hamster?!
Tuna looks through her luggage and finds a 2-inch round hole in a plastic bag that she was using to store her underwear from Guelph (her university city).
Tuna: Nina, look! Could the hamster have made this? I think it’s too small for the hamster…maybe the bag just got caught on something…
Nuna: The hamster might not even be in the basement anymore…
Tuna: Mom also opened the basement doors to hang up laundry. What if the hamster escaped outside…
Tuna and Nuna were fraught with fears for their beloved hamster as they tiptoed around the basement, flinging things (carefully) aside. What if they find a little dead cotton ball?! Momma also comes downstairs to help.
Tuna: Maybe if we’re quiet, we can hear the hamster…
Tuna and Nuna stops shuffling around and try to hear hamster noises. Quiet shifting sounds were heard.
Tuna: OK, I’m looking through my underwear just in case. Oh my god, what if I killed him when I kicked my stuff this morning…
Tuna picks up her bag of underwear and——
Tuna: NINA—LOOK, IT’S THE HAMSTER!
The hamster’s fuzzy white butt was poking out of the hole. Nuna grabs a pair of scissors for Tina to enlarge the hole and free the hamster (and a camera to document the event). With the jaws of life, Tuna cuts the hole into a bigger one. The hamster’s head pokes out. Then an arm frees itself and waves around. Eventually, the entire hamster crawls out.
What a smart hamster. After a night of exploring all there was to explore in the basement, the little guy chewed his way through Tuna’s bag of underwear for a warm bed. Welcome back, bud.