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bright eyes shining with fever and insanity. Calmer now, she gathered the ripe vegetables and took them inside to construct a healthy but flatulent soup. -
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cousin Ida's conversion to Buddhism. Ida's daily meditations and serene chanting had captured everyone's imagination, but especially Terry. His platitudes on life were truly
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Unfortunately the rabbit wasn't exactly dead, and as the guests were sitting down to tuck in, she woke up and started nibbling on the broccoli florets. Unwilling to eat live bunny,
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a cheap flight and a deal on the lichen to make sure I could afford the new lifestyle. I waited for days, but all I got on Groupon was a cupcake voucher and sailing lessons. Why
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She turned the wipers on to clear the fly's remains off the screen, using a little screenwash to finish the job. As she did so an enormous winged shadow appeared behind the car,
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Dave slumped at the back of the lecture hall and watched as a fly lazily circled his notes. 'Economics for Dummies' was not the course he had hoped for, but lately he didn't
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enough to see the next line, if not the conclusion. I felt the cold barrel of the gun at my temple and a bead of sweat escaped my brow. Someone would save me, wouldn't they?
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after 3 years of intense therapy can now be found delivering meals on wheels in Atlanta. Sometimes he nibbles on the odd octogenarian, but no one much minds.
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later I remembered that the best way to escape a fish bowl is to play dead and hope someone fishes you out. Unfortunately I now live in a sewer beneath Paris, but c'est la vie!
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The sun descended over the horizon and as darkness enveloped the world, menacing shadows appeared where benign objects had previously lay. Out of the corner of his eye a movement
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please!" I whispered, but it was too late. The Gorgons descended, taking Zola with them and the young Babybelles. The age of Dairy had begun.
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jumping up so violently that his judge's wig fell to the floor. "I will not have this racket in my courtroom!". From the jury box I surveyed the room, and through the doorway came
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holding back trying to figure out if snakes really did relish rigatoni, or if they'd enjoy penne, tortellini or spaghetti just as much. Butch took advantage of the dog's hesitation
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rolled in to pick them up and take them to the Siberian beauty pageants. Oh boy, you needed some of Henry's liquor to get through that charade. How many times could one llama
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attacking a bloody steak baguette like it was the last meal she'd ever eat. Trixie was a tricksy minx indeed! I walked over to challenge this faux-vegan beauty, and
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my clarinet, we started to tour bars in the area. New Orleans is a tough place for any new act, and they were slow to accept Petey's piano style. Guinea pigs' paws are nimble but
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I looked more carefully at it. Was it really a third eye? Or had I fallen asleep face down on my baby sister's collection of dismembered doll parts? The green eye blinked again.
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remained but a gentle dusting of cocoa on a layer of frothed full-cream milk, covering a rich, dark brown mass beneath. The creatures poked at it gingerly with their dark talons,
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with one sharp shove, sent me over after it. Things were not looking good right now, and as I followed the trajectory of the falling barrel the jagged rocks hurtled closer,
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Katie strode into the room, curls flying around her plump ruddy cheeks, her wild eyes wide with passion. "I want that Bircher muesli," she declared. "and I want it now". Dee paused