How (not?) to catch a mouse.

1. Catch a mouse by its whiskers. (Mooch nahin tho (chooha) kooch nahin!).
2. Beg, borrow or steal your neighbour’s cat till mission is accomplished.
3. Leave around lots of soaked, seasoned beans as bait. At least, chasing the mouse with a trap, will be easier, since you can hear it wherever it goes.
4. Improvised 3. Leave bait in a mouse trap. Instead of the trap closing in on the mouse, improvise it for spraying a foul-smelling substance on the mouse. You will have a choo(h)a(a)chooth (Untouchable), walking into your trap, pretty soon, of its own accord. Social ostracism to your advantage.
5. Improvised 4. Using latest technology. Use bait and strap the mouse with an RFID tag – at least tracking becomes easier.
   
   DISCLAIMER: The author does not subscribe to any such crazy ideas on the premise that it is either a gross violation of animal rights or a grosser violation of human sensibilities.