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Low life

From ferreter to animal-rights champion

14 August 2021

9:00 AM

14 August 2021

9:00 AM

I was sitting quite still at the typewriter when a plump mouse emerged from under the fridge and crossed the kitchen floor, moving by monorail. Conscious suddenly of another presence, the mouse paused and cast a speculative and I thought conciliatory eye over me. His fur was a rich chocolate, his eye beady with interest.

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