tied down

A brown, bipedal, digitigrade house mouse stops in mid-step and looks in dismay at his right foot, which has a red thread tied around it.

About

Back in the days of slingshots and slapsticks, children would do these kinds of things all the time to animals such as birds and mice. The animal, of course, rarely realized it had been tied, and kept tugging at the thread, tightening the knot, and the children would laugh at its struggles. In the 19th century, it was good, healthy fun. In the 21st century, it's cruelty to animals.

I rarely draw my characters without any clothes. This was an exception because I've been trying to do this for over 24 hours straight, unable to finish due to constant interruptions. I just stopped when I had all the limbs; I really didn't want to work on clothing wrinkles at four in the morning after doing an all-nighter.

[clothed version]