^ Ah, so
that's the perp, eh? A likely suspect! Completely chagrined after the talking-to. Or, more likely still, probably knew full well it was verboten and slumped the moment the two-legger walked into the room.
Imagine the big weepy eyes and what the "mumbling" would say if the little guy could talk:
"
I didn't do it, Bob. Really, I didn't. It was a flood ... it was the Johnsons' cat, I swear. I had nothing to do with it."
