The Mouse A STORY

There's not much to this story. Its about this kid Steve and how he saw a mouse in  a movie theater. This event takes place in the 1980s.   

Steve didn't really see the mouse, he heard it. And so did everyone else in the theater. 

A small theater, screening the TV show ROOTS from the late 1970s. Remember its the late 80s by now, so its a nostalgic screening.

And with that, of course -- the theater was fairly empty. Screening of an old tv series after all, and it was all transpiring during the daytime on top of it all.  There were perhaps 20 people in the theater. 

During a quiet moment? Steve stealthily dropped a candy wrapper beneath his seat. 

While this did not cause any vermin to react, coincidentally there was another candy wrapper—further up in the theater seats, towards the front.  

The small audience began to hear a very distinct wrapper-dragging, "Shlufffff shluuuuuff shluff;" some mouse or perhaps even rat was dragging the wrapper up the aisle, along the floor. Laboriously.

"Mouse!" someone by the aisle shouted, and then stamped his foot hard. 

The mouse crinkled at the wrapper for a few more moments. And then disappeared. 

And Steve? Steve breathed a sigh of relief.  He wasn't able to completely relax after this event unfolded.  But he did have a Life Experience.

Thats it, thats pretty much the story. 

I did mention there was not much to it.