A Big Problem

boom  boom boom

More scary sounds. They get louder and louder. The ground beneath me starts to quake.

"Oh, kitty litter. Now what?" I look around at the rats. "Chaps..."

But they're not there. I'm alone.

Behind me, I hear voices. They're BIG. I swallow hard to get the heart out of my throat and turn.

Huge tweedy, wooly tree trunks with leather root systems are closing in on me fast.

"Yikes! People!"

I bet they caught our light show in the garden and are coming to investigate.

Time to hit the ground feral (four-footed, that is) and run away... like a mouse is "supposed" to!