Maurice wheeled his arms and stumbled away from the house. Wood creaked and whined and with the front door frame destroyed the entire structure began to slump sideways like a soggy cardboard box. A few mice abandoned ship before it was too late.

"Heather!" Maurice was torn between fussing over her then and there or trying to drag her huge shaggy ass further away from the demolition site. He tugged on one of her big clawhands anyway.