Suddenly, just before she stepped on the road, Carrie turned and looked Tabitha in the face. Carrie was laughing.
"Here, kitty treat!" she yelled, and threw something small and brown in Tabitha's direction.
Tabitha retained enough of Tim's athletic ability to grab it out of the air.
It was a small, terrified, squirming hamster.
A small, terrified, squirming, yummy-looking hamster, Tabitha thought.