A cat game

Happy Monday, Hivers!
I hope you have a great week. And Mondays are Zapfic Mondays so let's go.

This is my entry for this week's ZapficMonday Sound.

The humans in the house were asleep.
And this is my chance to explore, he thought.
He tried to reach for the stick to play.
He reached it and pulled it down.
Two seconds later the rumbling sound.
He looked at the mess on the floor. He laid down.

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Please use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)
Try to tell a complete story if you can!
The story should only be 240 characters long (including spaces) - can be shorter, but not longer!

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