Tile Pattern Patrol

Quiet shuffles carried me onto the cool ceramic tiles in the kitchen. A neat, orderly checkerboard of pale squares stretched out across the floor. I paused, carefully setting each of my four blocky feet into the exact center of one tile, savoring the clean, straight grout lines. Then, a water droplet detached from the tall faucet overhead and fell with a sharp *drip* into the stainless sink! Eep! A sudden startle sent my little feet scurrying in a quick sideways scramble, bumping my soft back right against the wooden kickboard. But after holding still... everything remained in place, lined up just right.