Reddit Challenge story #6

Topic: A mouse and a fly on a glue trap.

Murray was only eight days old, in the prime of his life, when tragedy struck. Murray had thought the trap was food, it looked like food, it smelled like food and when he landed it even tasted like food; but then he realized what was going on. Murray was trapped on a glue trap with no escape in sight. For two days Murray tried with all his strength to fly away but he was unable to lift off. He tried to walk away but was unable to move. Finally at the end of day two, realizing he had wasted the prime of his life, Murray decided to give up.
One day later, as Murray sat awaiting his fate, fate arrived. A mouse- having caught the smell- dashed over to the trap. “This is it!” Murray thought, “I’m saved!” However, Murray had spoken too soon as the mouse did not come to save him, and instead became trapped itself.
The two spent the rest of the day talking, and Murray discovered that the mouse was named Jeff and he had been separated from his family while chasing a particularly delicious looking piece of stepped-on cheese. Jeff had one problem, though: he did not know how to shut up. At all hours of the day and night, Jeff would blab to Murray about his life, his family and cheese. Murray, being a fly with hexagonal, compound eyes was unable to roll his eyes to show his disgust. Instead he simply endured the torture of an annoying mouse, thinking that death would soon take him out of his misery.
It didn’t though, because the next day, Murray awoke to discover something amazing: he was in his bed! The whole thing had been a dream! Murray rushed downstairs to greet his wife, her wings looking as beautiful as ever. He hugged her with a passion she hadn’t felt since they first started dating. “I love you so much” he said to her, “I never want to leave you.”
From that day forward, Murray became a stay at home dad, tending to the kids while his wife flew around for food. Little did he realize that his dream was a sign. His wife would become trapped the next week.