Hide in the hedge.
The branches are snapping, the ground’s shaking. It’s breaking through!
No. No!
Run for that fence.
Heart pounding. Lungs burning. Must keep going. Faster! Almost there.
Find a gap, find a gap!
There, there!
Squeeze. SQUEEZE!
Pain! Oh no, it’s got me!
No, it’s just the fence wire, it’s cutting me.
I’m through! Made it!
Yes. YES!
Where am I?
What are these three clawed feet in front of me?
Oh God, do chickens eat mice?
Breathe, just bre……