Glowing

My computer mouse glowing in the dark office

And now for the "short story".

The mouse lies still, in the dark. It can hear the shuffling sound of feet. Somewhere...but from which direction? Ears pricked, it listens...

It hears the noise again. Might it be a cat?

It is unmistakable now. It can smell the cat...

Padding feet, coming closer...

And closer yet...

The cat will pounce soon, it knows.

~~~~~

The cat yowls and jumps off the table.

The mouse was glowing!

- Imagined scenario, if the computer mouse (above) were a real mouse...