The Rolling Wooden Spool

I followed a sweet, buttery aroma straight into the bright kitchen! Right under the lowest cabinet drawer, a thick wooden cooking twine spool was resting against the baseboard. I gave it an eager, energetic bump with my nose, and it went rolling across the speckled runner rug! The rough beige string unspooled in a bouncy spiral right between my front paws. When the heavy wooden wheel bumped the stove with a hollow clunk, I darted back behind a wooden stool leg for just a second. But seeing that long curly trail made me bounce right back to bat at the loose end!