A Huge Stink

Okay, if we thought yesterday's skunk incident stunk, boy were we in for it this morning. We awoke in our own beds to the suffocating smell of skunk. Apparently in the wee hours of the morning, Bess, our dog chased a skunk under our house and there it sprayed, the horrible scent permeated the floor boards, our clothing and even our skin! The smell was so intense some of us children who were awakened early, sought refuge outside where the smell had mostly dissipated. It was there Mom found us later when she and Dad got up. We begged Dad to let us have our Bible reading time outside because of the smell, but Dad refused saying we needed to get used to it as it could smell like this for weeks or even a month! So we all trooped back inside holding our noses and trying not to gag, we sat as close to the fans and scented candles as possible and were glad to head back outside for morning chores. It being Sunday, we worried that we would bring that terrible smell with us, maybe folks would ask us to leave! Thankfully, the smell faded from us pretty quickly, and our church clothes were not harmed, we also used plenty of lotion and perfume to cover up any lingering skunk fragrance. It is late afternoon now and the house is smelling better than it did, though some parts are still pretty bad. I think we've had enough skunks to last us a lifetime! Dad was thinking maybe last night's skunk was the mate of the one Katie and Will trapped, and he came up to the house because he smelled the scent on the trap.
-Morgan