a: last saturday kelly found a little surprise in the living room.

k: alas, it was not the kind of surprise a girl wants to encounter.  let's just say its body was the size of my pinkie and its tail was another five inches.  i was talking on the phone as the little guy raced across the living room. 

a: you scream loud.  what's that ringing in my ear?  what did you say?

k: basically this audacious rodent was darting all over the living room.  i proceeded to get myself away from there as quickly--not necessarily as quietly--as possible.  i think i was in tears at that point.

a: the mouse was fast, but not nearly fast enough.  the years of kung-fu training paid off.  i performed a double somersault off the wall, then i used my ninja reflexes to grab it by its neck.  after the five point palm-exploding heart technique, it was all over.

k: (in other words, he set the mouse trap and caught it the next day.)

a: no more mouse turds all over the house.  yes!