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Pitter Patter

SIOBHAN MIGEL

I heard a pitter patter sound in the hallway. Wondering what it was, I got up to investigate. I saw that it was my cat, Snowball, making that noise. The pitter-patter sounds were the padded parts of her paws hitting the floor when she walked. She is a beautiful cat with her bushy tail. She had the kind of beauty that caused muscles to go tense, breath to go shallow. Much more than a distraction, a definite command. Look at me! You can she knows her beauty, the way she holds her tail high and struts around with a smug expression on her face. As she walked away, her paws going pitter-patter.