Japanese: "Mogura"
English: "Mole"
Definition 1. Any of various small insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae of North America and Eurasia, usually living underground and having a thickset body with light brown to dark gray silky fur, strong forefeet for burrowing, and often rudimentary eyes.
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The radio crackled on, “SOS! SOS! SOS! This is an emergency!
The entire city of Tokyo is under attack!” (Scary music starts here).
A national emergency has been called! Tokyo and all major Japanese
cities are under invasion from a dark and hidden enemy! This enemy numbers in
the millions and they are living near you, right now; they are under your
streets and under your homes!
They are the Mogura!
The Mogura are moving about freely in the sewers and pipes
running underground in Tokyo and about all of our formerly beautiful Japanese cities.
They move around because our underground sewage pipes are old and cracking and
the government does not have the money to repair all these cracks and holes in
the sewage pipes! The government is helpless to stop the Mogura.
There is nothing we can do!
Except, I have a secret weapon, ladies! And, if you ever
have a mogura problem at your home or garden, then remember this little article, because this article will save you a lot of money. How? Because
getting professionals to come exterminate the mogura around your house or
garden is very expensive and it takes a long time! Also, I don’t think it is a
good idea to be putting poisons around the house or garden especially if you
have children or pets.
But this article will teach you how to get rid of mogura the
easy and cheap (and delicious – especially for kids) way!
Confused? Let me back up and explain from the beginning.
A while back, I started noticing that the road in front of
my house was sinking. Around the neighborhood, I saw holes in the ground and in
the street near other people’s homes. The holes weren’t around my house, so I
thought it was no problem.
Then one day, a big hole opened up in the street front of my
house. Now this was a major catastrophe!
As the days went by, the holes got larger and larger. The
one in front of my house became so large that it was dangerous! Someone could
trip in it! We called the local ward office. Those lazy people came out and
said they couldn’t do anything about the holes because the road in front of our
house is a private road.
Then we called the water company, the gas company, the
electric company, I even called Domino for a pizza delivery! They all said they
can’t do anything about it because it was the responsibility of the ward
office.
What a run-around!
The little bastards are making so many holes underground that the street is starting to cave-in. The construction workers told me that this is a common problem all over Tokyo!
Finally, as the holes in the road in front of my house
started to look like moon craters, we knew that a neighborhood emergency
meeting had to be held! I put my wife in charge of everything. Why? Well
because I am merely the neighborhood Handsome Foreigner® and I can’t vote so no one
will listen to what I say or what I think.
My wife certainly doesn’t listen to me.
Anyway, the entire neighborhood got together and decided to
pitch in money to fix the road. So a company was hired and they came out to fix
the holes. It was a great success… For about a week. But, soon after that, the
road began to sink again and the holes began to re-appear.
An expert was called out to investigate. He looked around
carefully, wiped his forehead and looked at me with an evil stink eye and said one
word, “Mogura! Absolutely, it's mogura!"
Well, that’s more
than just one word…
“Mogura!” Just like a Godzilla movie from the sixties!
Monstrous underground creatures invading the neighborhood at night! Disgusting,
vile, vermin running around in the sewers in the day and coming out and
terrifying the neighborhood at night? Is there any way to stop these monsters?
All the neighbors began locking their doors at night.
"Mogura!" Just the sound of the word strikes fear in the hearts of men! Fear of the Monster Mogura! (R)
The neighborhood discussed hiring professionals to come
exterminate the mogura. But the experts told us that it was impossible. They
said that we could kill the local ones, but if the cracks in the sewer pipes weren’t
fixed, other mogura will just come from other places. They told us that there
are millions and millions of mogura running around in Tokyo sewers. There’s no
way that you can kill them all. You can kill a few here but others will come
from other towns and cities through the cracks and holes in the pipes.
Pretty scary stuff, eh?
The neighborhood ladies were all totally frightened. I
calmly told them all not to worry, for I have a secret weapon. I would get rid
of the mogura… It would be, how should I say, “Delicious revenge!”
I winked at the neighbor ladies, gave them a ‘thumbs up,’
and slowly turned around just like a Hollywood movie star and walked
away. Surely, they must have all thought, "What a smart and handsome foreign gentleman!"
So let me explain how you can get rid of mogura simply and
cheaply.
When I was a small boy, I lived on a farm. Because of living
on a farm, I knew that mogura love the smell of oranges. I also knew that
Mogura love to eat orange flavored bubble gum. And that’s the secret! Mogura love the
smell of oranges and they will eat orange flavored bubble gum. But if they do eat gum, their stomachs cannot
digest it, so after eating it a few times, it will kill them. Really!
When placing the gum on the ground near the mogura holes, though,
absolutely do not touch the gum with your hands. Mogura won’t eat anything if
it smells like a human, so wear gloves when you handle the gum! You will know
the next day if the mogura ate the gum or not. If the gum is gone, put some
more there the next day… After a few times, the mogura won’t come back.
As the workers were repairing the street and fixing the
holes, I laughed like a mad scientist as I put a few Orange bubble gum
balls near the holes in the ground near my house.
“Enjoy your last meal, Mr. Mogura!” I said in my best Clint
Eastwood voice as I smiled, dropping the gum.
I was happy. Not only was the road being repaired, but the
mogura were in for a delicious surprise tonight!
Thank god for Orange bubble gum balls. I’ve loved them since I was a kid. Not only does it taste great, I
can blow bubbles with it, and chewing it helps me to relax...
...and, you can use them to kill the mogura.
Orange bubble gum balls? Truly, the sweet taste of victory!
