Cat and mouse

"I don't suppose an appeal to your humanity would change anything" said Mouse, in a quavering falsetto.

"Why should it" said Puss "I'm no human, and neither are you".

And with that, his claws swept across the soft white fur of the mouse belly. They watched both fascinated as mouse pink intestines spilled, drawn in red mammal blood on the floor by the door at the back of the shed.

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