I see a little glimmer

A mouse, which had lied calm and still under the leaves, waiting for the predator to go away, finally decided that it was safe to move and run. The sad thing is that sometimes you get to make bad decisions only once in your life. When it's the last time, because - once the critter appeared, Osprey was quick to react, pounce and press it against the ground with her forepaws. Her prey let out a shrill squeak and became silent.

It's a well-known truth that mice are prone to die from stress just as often as birds, but this one was touger, it was still kicking. This and the fact that the wolf got distracted by somebody and thus loosened her grip, saved it's life and gave it a few more days or weeks to live. "I do?" she asked, sounding genuinely surprised. She had lived with this scent for almost a week now and didn't think of it as something extraordinary. Yet since there were so very few occasions, when she got to hear compliments, she smiled at him and said: "Thanks!"