The word "scratch" carries a wealth of meanings across different narratives. In some works it evokes physical action, painting a picture of literal clawing or marking—whether it’s a cat’s surprised swipe [1] or a character’s casual motion, as in the gentle scratching of the earth [2] or a wound that fails to mar one’s appearance [3]. In other contexts, it serves as a metaphor for minimal damage or a starting point—a concept illustrated when a fighter is urged to get "up to the scratch" [4] or when a situation is described as having incurred "not even a scratch" [5]. Moreover, it appears in idiomatic expressions conveying frustration or irritation, as when a character scratches his head in contemplation or distress [6, 7]. Thus, "scratch" emerges as a versatile literary device, bridging the physical with the symbolic in a range of dramatic and humorous settings [8, 9].