Lurker in my yard

[puzzle_me]

He's sometimes there, behind my barberry bushes, when I get home from work. I've never had to ask him to leave, haven't talked to him at all actually. When he sees me come home he quietly leaves on his own. I haven't been sure whether to notify someone, but he seemed harmless enough. I thought he just enjoyed the quiet of my garden, and had no particular devotion to me. Until yesterday.

He left me a gift.


I stepped out of my house yesterday to discover a dead mouse, carefully laid on my front step. EW. NEIGHBOR CAT YOU ARE NO LONGER WELCOME IN MY YARD!!! I was in a hurry so I didn't deal with it yesterday and then I got home pretty late. Now I need to go deal with it; here's hoping I don't puke.