A Silver Catch

Stalking past the towering cliff of mahogany, my eye caught a blinding gleam trapped beneath the rim! I froze... crouched low on squeaking knee joints. Too narrow for a paw, aye, but not for a true pirate's tool! I lunged forward, slipped the curved tip of my silver hook beneath the dark slot, and levered upward. Skrrr-clack! Out sprang a hefty metal paperclip, bent into the likeness of a grappling anchor! Ha! A prize pulled from the depths. I scooped the curved wire up into my left grip—mine by right of salvage!