The new arrival!

Now, about our new arrival. About three days ago, we had guests over. The same family that we visited in Bjurakan at their summer house (see previous posts about our trip). Before the guests arrived, Mom came home with a little surprise- a hedgehog which she found in the park across from our house. I got to hold it, and let me tell you- this is one no-nonsense prickly thing. We showed it to the guests and agreed that we will keep it for two weeks until we go to their summer house and release it there, where it's quiet. I call it the hedgie, or Sonic the Hedgehog. Here's a pic that I took recently. We will hopefully have some better pics once it gets accustomed to our house. For now, it sleeps all day and is awake by night. We gave it a bed with some newspapers, and it tears them up at night, then goes exploring, while leaving its droppings everywhere (which i later have to clean). They love newspapers, and poor Vicky has to listen to the scratching and grumbling all night while it builds a nest out of them. A very noisy animal altogether.

Isn't it cute?