Breakfast Guest

I didn't sleep well last night, so I got up a little early and went upstairs to make my morning coffee. While I was preparing my coffee I heard some scratching noises coming from under one of the cupboards. I figured it was just one of the friendly neighborhood lizards. They run around in all shapes and sizes and never bother anything so I ignored it and forgot about it. I forgot about it, that is, until I absent-mindedly walked toward that cupboard and frightened a mid-sized rat-type creature out of it's hiding place. I was caught off guard, so (brain child that I am) I walked toward it's alternate place of refuge to make sure I had really seen a rat. Of course the gray creature with an ugly tail was a little nervous that a frighteningly large giant was following it. It broke free of it's second hiding place and went zig-zagging all around the kitchen bouncing off of things in the process. As it was panicking all over the kitchen I came to my senses and panicked a bit with it. Basically I just jumped on a chair and watched it blaze it's little trail until it disappeared. After it was gone I climbed off of my chair and thought how nice was is to have company at breakfast in the morning.