Ah! Wasn’t
I delighted with my new pair of party shoes! The glitter of the studded Swarovski
crystals matched the sparkle in my eye. I was happy, delighted in fact with my
new possession. The “inaugural wear” at the party that night was a success too,
what with countless stares at my well heeled feet, you bet it colored my cheeks
a shade deeper of red.
Little
did I know that my beloved shoe would die a horrendous death at the hands of a
mere but malicious mouse!
Now this
little mouse and his buddy had found a way into my house and had wrecked havoc
in the drawing room and kitchen. Curtains and furniture were nibbled with élan
and even a few storage boxes were destroyed! I finally chased and cornered one
of the gangster when it jumped into the deep kitchen sink and with my heavily
gloved hands, caught it and threw it out of the house, closing the door behind
it!
Phew, I
guessed I had won the battle but little did I know the revengeful mind of the
mouse leader! Blinded with rage with the eviction of its brother-in-arm, the
mouse plotted its revenge. The idea was to strike hard and deep so that the
revenge became an unforgettable one!
I knew
something was coming, so I checked and double checked that all the cabinet
doors were locked tight. I couldn’t do much for the furniture and the curtains
so I prayed for their safety before tucking into bed.
At
night, the menacing mouse entered my living room like a Ninja out for revenge! It
scrutinized the rooms on the ground floor with its hawk eyes, searching for the
one victim that would break my resolve of fighting the mouse fraternity! As it
scanned the room, its eyes caught the glint of my shoes. The pretty shoes stood
just above the shoe cupboard, gazing out the big glass windows at the bright
full moon outside. The moon talked to the crystals with its light and the
crystals responded with its sparkle.
The romantic
moment was suddenly shattered by the squeak of the menacing mouse. The glint of
sharp claws and the flash of razor sharp teeth was all that was seen for the
next few minutes as darling shoe
was torn to pieces. As the delicate darling’s limbs got strewn across the
floor, and the crystals were torn from its body, death numbed her senses.
The next
morning I came down from my first floor bedroom to see the decapitated body of
my prized shoe, with the crystals strew about the floor and the delicate straps
lying all over, in small pieces.
The
mouse has had its revenge. The murder had left me heart-broken. Through warm,
salted tears that gushed down my cheeks, only two words escaped my lips – rat poison!
The war had just begun!
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