Hallway Echo

I followed that shiny metallic wrapper right out through the apartment door crack! The long hallway carpet stretched out ahead, quiet and still under the ceiling lights. Sitting right beside a neighboring apartment door, I found an empty ceramic umbrella stand shaped like a tall ribbed cylinder. I leaned my snout right over the rim and tapped the side with my plush foot. It gave a hollow, echoing bong that rumbled deep into the tile base! Leaning against the cool glazed ceramic, I waited for the quiet vibration to fade into the runner.