A Midnight Melody

My toes pattered quietly off the dining chair and straight into the dusky corner by the bookshelf! Resting against a tall stack of books was an open, tiny metal music box mechanism someone left behind. Without a second thought, I hopped right up and nudged the little brass winding key with my beak. *Click-creak!* The tiny golden cylinder began to turn, plinking out high, tinkling notes against a comb of silver metal teeth! I froze mid-step, tilting my head eagerly as the music resonated through the polished shelf boards, filling the evening air with sweet, ringing chimes.