The Bobbing Wooden Bead

My paws trotted past the kitchen threshold and bounded straight toward the low shelf beside the reading chair! Resting on the floor was a wooden coaster with a chunky striped bead caught on a string. I crouched low, wiggled my tail, and bopped it with my nose! Click-clack! It spun around the wooden rim like a tiny carousel. I pounced forward with both front paws, trapping the wooden ball securely against the thick wool rug before it could tumble away!