Patchwork Universe

Harlequin · Average Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 52 Location: Chimera

The rat poked his head through the grate.

sniff sniff... all clear

It scampered out of the tunnel to make way for two others. They ran towards a shaft of light where rain water had run under the door.

clean. drink

After shaking their whiskers they skirted the edge of the square room, jumping over the broken cogs. They found the gap in the skirting and squeezed through.

sniff... flowers. human. quiet........................all clear

They ran upstairs and squeezed through the gap at the bottom of the door.

sniff... food. where?................table

They finished the scraps on the plate then the clock on the mantelpiece struck the hour.

noise. run. safe

They ran back down the stairs to the grate, and squeezed back to the sewers.