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What The Mouse Heard
by Jeanne Marie
"Mmmf."
Click. Scrape.
"Stop that."
Sccccrape. Thud. Bang.
"There, are ya happy now? Maybe now you'll stop trying to move around with your hands and feet tied to the chair like that." Grunt.
"Mmmmrrrr!"
"Ooh." Chuckle. "That didn't sound fit for a lady's ears."
Tap tap. Drum drum drum.
Sigh.
Drum drum drum.
"This is just as boring as I thought it would be. ...If I take off the gag, will you promise not to yell my head off."
"Mmhm."
"Oookay. Just remember, I'll put it back on in a second if you're lying." Creak thump thump thump. Ping slice.
"It takes a special kind of bastard to hog-tie a man--a friend--while he's sleeping." Click click. Clickety scrape.
Rustle. "Hey, that was Buck and Nathan. I'm just here to make sure you don't get out, as much as I'd like to cut ya loose."
Click click creak. Snort. "Coward."
"Chris got his mind made up, pard. He ain't letting Eli Joe's men get another crack at you, and I ain't giving anybody any reason to smear me all over these walls."
"Sure about that, are ya?"
Gulp.
Rustle crackle scrape click click click. "It's my life, my decision. Let me go!"
"No."
"Let. Me. Go."
"Sorry."
Click click scrape click click. "Lemmego!"
"No and no. Stop askin'."
"Make me."
"All right, if that's the way you want it..." Swish swish. Creak thump thump th-
"Hmpf! Okay, okay."
"All right then." Thump thump creak.
"Kid-"
"Ssh."
"I thought you were bored."
Rustle rustle. "Be still, I think I heard something." Creak thump thump thump thump. Gasp. "Oh, sweet Lord!"
Click click scrape. "What is it?"
"That kid from the wagon train, Eugene. He's throwing a fit in front of Mrs. Potter's store, making a big mess 'a things."
Chuckle. "Why don't you go down there and put things right, sheriff?"
"I don't have to."
"How come?"
"He an' his mama are comin' this way."
Scrape rustle rustle. "Well, hell."
"Yep." Sigh.
Rustle click click scrape.
"You stop that right now!"
Knock knock knock.
"You gonna gag me in front 'a that pretty, pretty lady?"
"Don't tempt me." Sigh. "How come I always get the damned short straw?"
Knock knock knock.
The end
What The Mouse Heard
by Jeanne Marie
"Mmmf."
Click. Scrape.
"Stop that."
Sccccrape. Thud. Bang.
"There, are ya happy now? Maybe now you'll stop trying to move around with your hands and feet tied to the chair like that." Grunt.
"Mmmmrrrr!"
"Ooh." Chuckle. "That didn't sound fit for a lady's ears."
Tap tap. Drum drum drum.
Sigh.
Drum drum drum.
"This is just as boring as I thought it would be. ...If I take off the gag, will you promise not to yell my head off."
"Mmhm."
"Oookay. Just remember, I'll put it back on in a second if you're lying." Creak thump thump thump. Ping slice.
"It takes a special kind of bastard to hog-tie a man--a friend--while he's sleeping." Click click. Clickety scrape.
Rustle. "Hey, that was Buck and Nathan. I'm just here to make sure you don't get out, as much as I'd like to cut ya loose."
Click click creak. Snort. "Coward."
"Chris got his mind made up, pard. He ain't letting Eli Joe's men get another crack at you, and I ain't giving anybody any reason to smear me all over these walls."
"Sure about that, are ya?"
Gulp.
Rustle crackle scrape click click click. "It's my life, my decision. Let me go!"
"No."
"Let. Me. Go."
"Sorry."
Click click scrape click click. "Lemmego!"
"No and no. Stop askin'."
"Make me."
"All right, if that's the way you want it..." Swish swish. Creak thump thump th-
"Hmpf! Okay, okay."
"All right then." Thump thump creak.
"Kid-"
"Ssh."
"I thought you were bored."
Rustle rustle. "Be still, I think I heard something." Creak thump thump thump thump. Gasp. "Oh, sweet Lord!"
Click click scrape. "What is it?"
"That kid from the wagon train, Eugene. He's throwing a fit in front of Mrs. Potter's store, making a big mess 'a things."
Chuckle. "Why don't you go down there and put things right, sheriff?"
"I don't have to."
"How come?"
"He an' his mama are comin' this way."
Scrape rustle rustle. "Well, hell."
"Yep." Sigh.
Rustle click click scrape.
"You stop that right now!"
Knock knock knock.
"You gonna gag me in front 'a that pretty, pretty lady?"
"Don't tempt me." Sigh. "How come I always get the damned short straw?"
Knock knock knock.
The end
