Here we go again!!!

Last night, while sitting in the den watching T.V., I noticed that my cat was making a lot of noise running around in the living room. I thought, hopefully, he is chasing a lizard around. Things calmed down for a while then I heard a ruckus again. I looked up and saw my cat run across the foyer chasing a giant rat!!!! Not a rat in the house again!!! (Anytime the weather is nice I leave the back door open and my cat thinks that it means to bring toys in the house to play with.) Well, anyway, I went in the living room to see if I could see the rat. It was on top of a iron railing that separates the living room from the foyer. Since it was near the front door, I decided to open the front door to see if it would run out. No, of course it wouldn't do something so easy. So, I got a broom. I knew I had one chance to try to whack that rat right out the front door. So, I counted 1, 2, 3 - - Whack! Yea!!!! It went right out the door, landed on its feet and ran off. I don't know if it was going to survive because my cat ran out right after it. I didn't care to find out. I slammed the door shut!