Last night, I encountered a surprise while taking the recycling bag outside.

I had just finished tying up the bag and then remembered something inside I forgot, so I went back inside. Maybe a minute later, I returned to find the recycling bag moving and growling.

Somehow, an opossum managed to slip inside the bag in just a moment. My mother and I tried to free it, but it made such a fuss that we gave up.

The tie has been cut, so the bag is open, but for some reason, it won’t get out.

I set some food out on the deck in the hopes that it will find that more intriguing than our recycling.