Breakfast in bed

Around four this morning I was woken up by a strange, throaty-kind of purring sound. I tried to ignore it, but it kept on and then I heard the usual thump of a cat jumping up onto the railing around D's bed. Immediately I sat up, just in time to catch the older cat in mid-air on her way to jump on top of D - with a mouse. Unfortunately she dropped the mouse, but I was really relieved to see it wasn't alive, otherwise it had probably crept under D's duvet...so I just quickly threw it and the cat out of the bedroom. Thanking her on the way though - her own child was probably hunting for mice himself, so she probably thought my child might need a bit of a snack first thing in the morning.