The Stretchy Ambush

Determined to remain the gentlest, most polite resident in your apartment, I embarked on a courteous perimeter sweep. Right beside the baseboard, I discovered a coiled pink rubber band resting like a sleepy snake. I tiptoed forward on the tips of my black claws, careful not to crease a single carpet thread. Opening my jaws with absolute gentleness, I pinched the rubber loop between my front teeth to neatly relocate it. But as I leaned back, the traitorous loop stretched taut—and SNAPPED right across my snout! The sting knocked me straight onto my tail. I let out an outraged shriek, kicking my feet and sobbing because saintly monsters do not deserve elastic betrayal!