Watch: 'Tidy Mouse' adorably cleans man's shed after he was left baffled by displaced peanuts
A story of disappearing peanuts has turned into an adorable tale of the mouse who just can't bear mess.
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Retired postman Rodney Holbrook, 75, from Builth Wells, made the incredible discovery after trying to find out why the peanuts in his shed were being mysteriously moved into a box storing his old boots.
Setting up a camera to try and get to the bottom of the conundrum Rodney, who is a keen amateur wildlife photographer, uncovered the efforts of the rodent he has named 'Welsh Tidy Mouse'.
The footage, shared by the Animal News Agency, was taken in a pitch-black shed, but is revealed through the use of an infra-red camera.
It shows the diligent mouse picking up items scattered across the desk, and dragging them back into a box, neatly piling them as it cleans up the desk.
Rodney said the mouse has been cleaning up for months – and that he never bothers himself because he knows his little friend will take care of it.
Clothes pegs, a screwdriver, plant pot trays, corks, all manner of objects are dragged into the box to keep the workspace clean.
In one funny moment the mouse can be seen grappling with a cable tie which he eventually places in the tub, while in another sweet scene he pulls pieces of string into the box as though he were the first mate on a boat.
By the end of the secretly filmed video, the mouse has dramatically improved the mess on the table, ready for Rodney to discover in the morning.
Rodney said: "It has been going on for about two months, I call him Welsh Tidy Mouse. At first I noticed that some food that I was putting out for the birds was ending up in some old shoes I was storing in the shed, so I set up a camera to see what was going on.
"I couldn't believe it when I saw that the mouse was tidying up, he moved all sorts of things into the box, bits of plastic, nuts and bolts. I don't bother to tidy up now, as I know he will see to it."
The amazing footage brings to mind the Beatrix Potter story The Tailor of Gloucester, in which a team of mice work together throughout the night to secretly help the tailor complete an outfit.
Rodney added: "It really was amazing to see the footage, some of the things that it tidies away are really unusual, I think he would tidy my wife away if I left her in there! It's happened practically every night now for two months."
