Mystery of the Missing Sellotape

This happened last week.

I was wrapping a new batch of CDs and posters that BTOB fans preordered through the fanclub I'm co-managing.

Sitting on cold tiles while dealing with paper, pen knife, scissors, and sellotape can get tiring if there are quite a number of items to wrap separately.  So, I decided to take a break and leave the things in the computer room.  I just dilly-dallied around the house.  I gulped some drinking water because mom always reminds me how essential it is to drink plain water regularly, flipped from one TV channel to another, charged my cellphone, browsed the internet through my tab..... Okay, okay!  I'll admit it.  Basically, I just procrastinated.  And while procrastinating, I figured out what our three playful dogs were up to.   They were creating a mess at the back area of the house!  Well, this happens from time to time, especially when you have three hard-headed dogs, each with its own personality.

I chuckled upon seeing the mess that the trio caused and played with Bambi, the youngest of the three, who was in the house.

Thankfully, I regained my senses and thought about the fans who must have been waiting patiently for their CDs and posters that came all the way from Seoul.  (BTOB's latest mini album, 'Thriller', is worthy of praise, by the way.  I'm now addicted to the album!)  As I was about to continue wrapping the items, I looked for the sellotape that was supposed to be nearby but couldn't find it.  I kept scanning the room's floor and peeking under desks and cupboards to see if it had rolled its way to one of the locations.  To my dismay, I couldn't find it.  What made it frustrating was that I was very sure that I put it right next to the wrapping paper and pair of scissors, but when I couldn't find it, it was as if it just...disappeared into thin air!  Frustrating and creepy~  I gave up looking for it and took out another roll of a different sellotape.  Without stopping, I was then done wrapping and labeling all of the CDs together with the posters that came along with them.

But that wasn't the end.

I checked out what the dogs were up to again out of habit whenever I'm home, and something caught my eye.  I went outside to confirm what I thought I saw.

This!

Then, it all made sense.

The culprit behind the missing sellotape was this little creature.

Bambi, who has access to both the inside and outside of the house due to her small size, must have found the sellotape and decided to make it her toy.  She brought it outside to play with it but the other two bigger dogs wanted to play with it too.  In the end, the poor, sinless sellotape was torn apart to pieces until it couldn't be recognised easily anymore.

When I thought about it, it was pretty funny how Bambi could sneakily bring the sellotape outside and how the mess outside could camouflage the torn sellotape.  Haih...pets..