Biting the Wire Mesh

I poked around the gritty dirt floor of the shed until I spotted a rolled tube of stiff brass wire mesh resting against the corner. Far too neat, coiled up like an empty sleeve! *Krk-chhh!* I dug my talons right into the fine grid and yanked with both arms. *Ssshk-spring!* The coiled brass suddenly flared outward like angry metallic wings, slapping hard against a wooden pegboard! A shower of loose copper flakes drifted onto my knees. I clamped my long claws around the springy edge and bounced up and down on the wire, letting out a jagged hiss as the taut metal hummed beneath my weight!