Back to the story, I previously had thought of having it told by somebody making a joke with his friends in a pub (as the story as mentioned previously is based on a joke I’ve heard), and narrating as the story unfolds. I’ve decided to at least do away with the joke telling person element of the story, but I may have some narration, we’ll see. I’ve also decided to show the mouse in the inventor’s thoughts, which may prove to be a tricky concept, but I can but try! I want to keep this story gore-free, so the mouse action will cut away (so to speak) before anything actually happens to the mouse, leaving the inventor to re-enact that part of how the mouse would be killed by the trap.