Friday, July 29, 2011

FFF55: Bloodstain


It all began with a stain on the bathroom floor. Smeared and ill-defined, but, unmistakeably, it was blood. A trail of gory prints led from the red pool, downstairs and into the kitchen. What kind of horror was I about to find?

Another battered field mouse corpse.
I wish my cats weren’t such keen hunters. 

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FFF55 is the G-Man's weekly challenge to write a story in just 55 words. Take a stroll over to see him at Mr. Knowitall's Blog to see what the rest of the world has written.

13 comments:

Ellie Garratt said...

Another case for the CSI team? Loved the twist at the end.

Ellie Garratt

anthonynorth said...

Ah, 'tis their nature. Nice one.

Brian Miller said...

smiles. mine got a bird on monday...left us an explosion of feathers as a gift...

MorningAJ said...

We've had one a day for four days now......

Akelamalu said...

Well a cat's gotta do what a cat's gotta do! ;)

Mona said...

Ewww! What a bloody rat that was!

snafu said...

You're not pussyfooting around when you think up a 55.

Sandra Davies said...

Yes indeed, cat's just being cat, and something sans feathers nowhere near so messy,

G-Man said...

AJ...
I have a dead mouse on my porch right now!
THREE CATS!!!
Loved your feline 55...
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End

hedgewitch said...

It's rough being on the bottom of the food chain. cats are amazing to watch hunt--if humans could master that level of patience and concentration, who knows where we'd be today?

Anonymous said...

It's great when cats will clear the house of vermin for you, but do they have to bring the bodies in from outside?

Olivia said...

For once I was stoned.. then it said meow!!
Playful..

hugs xox

Steve Isaak said...

Relatable, happy-memory write (the aforementioned cat, for me, was a childhood cat).