"Mommy, mommy! I want this one!" As I sit around in my enclosure, I am watching all the other pets in the store be chosen by families. I have been here much longer than any other pet. Two years ago, my siblings and I were brought here, and they have all been adopted now. I've decided that I'm sick and tired of waiting around to be picked. Hamsters should be able to roam and explore the world as they wish, yet I'm stuck here day after day.

I huff and puff as I walk over to my hamster ball and jump in. I planned my escape months ago, after watching another hamster leave his enclosure and wander around in his ball. I saw him climb up the sides of his cage; he jumped up, and hit the lid so hard that it popped up. He then hopped out of his home and went on his way. After a few tries of using all my strength, I finally see the lid start to lift up. I give it one last hard shove and the lid completely comes off.

 Even though I am out of breath, I am ready to get out of this place. Soon, I am running through the pet store trying to reach the door. Don't worry though, I'm running behind all of the big cages, trying to avoid getting caught by anybody. As I make it out the door, the first thing on my mind is to just GO.

I'm running faster in my ball than I've ever run on my hamster wheel back at home. I want to look through every store, but I need to be careful about being seen. First, I go to many human clothing stores. It was very enjoyable seeing myself in all of the giant mirrors. Sometimes I wish hamsters had cool clothes like the humans. 

As I'm leaving, I begin to smell something incredible. Following the scent leads me to a large area with many, many stores and people. There is a huge sign up above reading "FOOD COURT." I continue to follow the scent until I am in front of a store full of fruits and vegetables. For some reason, the humans are putting all of the fruits and veggies into this strange machine, and watching it all turn into liquid. As intriguing as it is, I prefer my foods to be solid, and maybe I can find something to snack on in here.

I search every nook and corner of the place until I find a room of scattered boxes. I slam my ball into a large brown box until it falls over. Fresh carrots are now all over the floor and I think I've just hit the jackpot. An hour passes, and after getting out of my ball to eat as many carrots as I can fit in my stomach, I need to go roam someplace else.

 Leaving the same way I came in, I nearly get caught by an employee and I run as fast as I can out of there. Whether the man truly saw me or not, I would have been too fast for him to catch anyway. I spent many hours following the same process, sneaking around through a store, leaving the same way I came in originally, and trying my best not to be seen. I can tell it is starting to get late as more and more people leave the mall. I'm growing tired the later it gets, so I decide to go to one last destination before I end my day.

The mall's infamous giant gumball machine. Many people come to this mall just to see this gumball machine. It's a long journey across the mall and the escalators, but I eventually make it to the machine. Finally, I see it. I see a ginormous machine filled with balls, and I am mesmerized.