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The Gigantic Mole

Yesterday I noticed a mole-hill the size of an African ant hill that had appeared in my garden in less than two hours.

I abhor killing things. But there comes a time…

Yesterday I noticed a mole-hill the size of an African ant hill that had appeared in my garden in less than two hours. I was hoping the guy would head somewhere else.

He didn’t.

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Watering the garden this afternoon I noticed fresh activity with sand and soil being pushed up as he was sinking a new shaft.

Dropping the hosepipe, I fetched the garden fork.
After waiting patiently for some twenty minutes, he was shoving up a fresh heap, and I struck.

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Nearly as big as a small Jack Russell.

I did apologise profusely to Mother Nature, but there are millions of these guys on the Cape West Coast, but I only have one garden…

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