Microfiction Day 245 – ‘The Trap’

“This will work. Mice are stupid.”

He put cheese on the trap. Topped it with peanut butter for good measure.

He was looking forward to the silencing of claws scrabbling above his head.

The mouse watched the stupid humans from his vantage point on the cupboards. When they were out of sight he helped himself to cheese crumbs and licked peanut butter off the knife. Wrapped his tail around a cocktail stick ready to set off the trap before carrying on with his nightly run around the roof.

All the food from the stupid humans was making him fat.


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2 responses to “Microfiction Day 245 – ‘The Trap’”

  1. Justin Smith avatar
    Justin Smith

    This is sooooo good!

  2. The beauty of your writing lies not only in the clarity of your ideas but in the way you allow those ideas to breathe and grow. Each sentence feels like a step forward, yet it’s not rushed. There’s time to pause and reflect between the lines, and in that space, the words take on a life of their own. It’s rare to find writing that feels so alive.

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