Me, myself, and something else

Bump!

I awoke with a start, and sat up in my bed, startled. Something had gone bump.

Bump!

There it was again! Perhaps it was a burglar downstairs?

Bump!

Or maybe it was the neighbor's cat knocking over a trash can?

Bump!

Maybe a racoon on the roof?

Bump!

Could it be a truck hitting a speed bump on the road in front of my house?

Bump!

Maybe it was hailing golf balls?

Bump!

Perhaps the other neighbor's goat had escaped and was butting at my door?

Bump!

I hadn't felt felt any shaking, so I was pretty sure it wasn't an earthquake....

Bump!

What if I'd been magically transported back in time, and a medieval army was firing catapults at my house? Dare I look out the window?

Bump!

Maybe my house had been caught up in a twister, just like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz? Could it be the wind battering at my house as it was spun in wild circles?

Bump!

Perhaps this was some weird phenomenon, never before encountered. Maybe my universe was playing dodge'ems with the multiverse?!

Bump!

Wait, maybe it wasn't a bump, maybe it was a...

Thump!

Yes, it was a...

Thump!

It was my own frightened heart, beating frantically.

Thump!

Whatever had woken me up, I was just keeping myself awake now.

Thump!

I began to calm down. I got out of bed and went downstairs to get a drink.

Thump!

I was feeling less frightened now that I knew what had been going bump.

Thump!

I went back upstairs and got into bed. As I rolled over and closed my eyes, something downstairs went...

Bump!

Bump!

BUMP!!