The importance of regular cleaning

-blows dust off mantelpiece-

-dust swirls around room, fluttering the feathers of a stuffed cockatoo-

-stuffed cockatoo rocks slightly, dislodging a marble from the pyramid of marbles it is perched on-

-marble rolls off mantelpiece, runs into furrow between skirting board and floorboard, and rolls-

-rolling marble bumps leg of antique coatstand, making "ping!" noise-

-"ping!" noise jolts sleeping sentry penguin awake, who bumps her head on a low shelf-

-low shelf is upset, showering trinkets onto end table-

-end table totters and then topples over, landing on sentry penguin's flipper-

-sentry penguin screeches and stumbles backwards, knocking over antique coatstand-

-antique coatstand falls, trailing scarves and raincoats through the air-

-scarf is caught on dangly bit of chandelier; sentry penguin, hopping around, trips on upended coatstand and treads on loose scarf end-

-chandelier is jerked downwards-

-bits of plaster rain down from ceiling-

-chandelier + ceiling collapse-

Oh dear.

~Mnemosyne