Peterborough students release teacher’s pet ‘Monsieur Mouse’ back into the wild

Students at Roger Neilson Public School said ‘au revoir’ to the teacher’s pet on Tuesday morning in Peterborough.

Over the weekend, Grade 4 teacher Franco Mattiucci discovered a tiny mouse in his house. And he contemplated keeping the rodent as a new family pet.

“My kids wanted me to keep him and so I had plans on buying a cage and everything needed,” said Mattiucci.

“But then I was told I should not keep a wild mouse because of the potential danger for health.”

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The core French teacher relayed the story to his students on Monday and they reached a resolution for the rodent.

“We decided to release the mouse here in the wild, near the school,” said Mattiucci.

And the furry grey critter received a fitting name from the French class before he was set free near the Erkine Avenue school in the city’s south end.

“It didn’t have a name until I showed him to the students this morning,” said Mattiucci. “So we with went ‘Monsieur’…that’s French for ‘Mister.’