There Will Come Soft Rains Crossword

In "There Will Come Soft Rains" mechanical mice darted out of here
Used as a comparison to the tubes that fed into the cellar
the figures on the playing cards
The house quivered at each sound and drawn it's shades in protection which bordered on a mechanical what?
In the story, the lilac panthers were doing this in the crystal substance; means to be leaping about
The hidden films clocked through the well oiled wheels with pointed designed to fit into the holes along the edges of a filmstrip, What were these wheels called?
The nursery floor was woven to resemble this; means grasses that produce grain
On the nursery floor, above it, in the air butterflies of delicate red tissue wavered among the sharp aromas of animal droppings, what are these animal droppings called
In the story there was the sound like a great matted yellow hive of bees, the lazy bumble of a purring lion, and there was the patter of this African animal.
In the kitchen, was making breakfast at a ___ rate; insane