Shadow Strikes

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I need to preface the discussion with I share my home with 12 rescue cats. I work with the local animal rescue groups and I take in the cats that would be impossible to place because of abuse issues. I work with them and slowly gain their trust. One of the 12 is a sweet solid black cat by the name of Shadow Dancer. He still is very shy, but he is a very loving character. I was busily posting on the Lot when Shadow jumped up on the couch beside me and was busily "playing" with something. My first thought went to "mouse" and I stopped posting and watched him play with whatever it was. He was very intent on what he was doing and the more he batted at the item the more I thought MOUSE! Suddenly he hooked his paw around the game and flipped it in my direction. I jumped three feet, still thinking that it was a mouse. After all I live in the country and there are field mice that have dumb days and come into a house with 12 cats. My heart was beating like crazy, not that I am afraid of mice but still...., the item landed on my sleeve and I was ready to flip the mouse off my sleeve. My heart was still beating a mile a minute....I looked down at the object and it was.....a plastic ring that goes to the bottled milk that I use! I laughed like crazy of course. After Shadow finished with his prey, he wandered off to take a well deserved nap.