The Glass Marble Roll

I pounced straight toward a carved wooden bowl resting on the low shelf! *Chuff!* Inside sat a clutch of heavy, clear glass marbles swirling with bright blue and green ribbons. I shoved my nose right into the pile, flicking a large, heavy sphere out onto the glossy hardwood floor. *Click-clack!* Away it rolled, picking up speed toward the sofa! I bounded after it at full tilt, but it took a wild turn around the leg of a chair. Planting my front claws hard, I skated sideways across the smooth finish, flared my wings to right myself, and trapped the runaway orb squarely beneath my front paw. *Hff!* Perfectly captured before it vanished into the dark rug!