Surprise

The Footless Man was smoothing up the blankets  on the bed after getting up and spied the ear buds to my MP3 player, sticking out from under the pillow.  He nearly beat them to death before he realized that they were earbuds.  I had replaced the  former set of fetching lady bugs with a pair of  flies. 
If I am listening to music in a public place, it is because I would prefer not to be approached.  I find that a pair of off putting and distinctly wierd ear buds does the trick nicely.  They have  very nice sound quality as well.  Just the thing for the hour bus ride I sometimes have to take home.  Pretty good for scaring the heck out of the Footless Man too.