A Morning Ping

I scrambled up the wooden hallway console table to reach that curious white plastic box mounted on the wall! Down along its underside, a tiny sliding lever stuck out. I grabbed the ridged plastic tab with both hands and gave it a solid shove to the right. Ding-dong! Two crisp metal chimes rang out right over my head with such a sudden clatter that my feet slipped on the polished surface, sending me tumbling straight into an empty brass key bowl. I sat there in the dish, giggling at the ringing sound still humming in the air!