Meet Erasmus, my fine furry friend, vice-president in charge of rodent control, chief of D.R.N. (Division of Random Noises), also known as the troublemaker with a fur coat for the way he likes to play paw hockey with the things on my desk, and his experiments in gravity which occasionally result in the fragmentation of drinking glasses. His preferred method in dealing with human intruders is reverse psychology. He hides under the couch, a strategy which is calculated to shame them into leaving, and which shows he is wilier than your run-of-the-mill attack dog. No mouse has dared to challenge his unparalleled hunting skills. His reputation makes  a great deterrent. I submit as evidence the fact that, in the six months before he came, a number of mice had taken up residence in my humble abode. The hoard's steady pilgrimage to their cheese-related demise (with the help of several metal traps) came to a sudden end on the day of his arrival, over eight years ago, and the noisy critters haven't been back.  Although Erasmus does enjoy reading and playing the piano, his favorite activities include bird-watching out the front window  and he maintains an exhausting schedule of several naps a day. Sometimes he barely has time to wake up from one before it is time for next. He particularly enjoys the laundry basket.
 

Erasmus is a very serious fellow sometimes. Here he appears to be studying the book of Psalms. Below, he prepares for a recital.