|  The second one was small, probably the smallest of the litter.
 I heard scratchy noises when she started to skitter.
                       She hid under a stair and was awfully cute.
                       But, for a house pet, she was no substitute.
                       It wasn't such a nice word, but she was the runt.
                       "And not paper trained, " my mom grumped with a grunt.  |