I couldn’t tell what they were because they were so fast. Also, they were really just small rodents, but if I’d started the story with that sentence you’d have dismissed my fear level, and trust me when I say that they scared the shit out of me. I’m still not sure what they were but there were several of them and they ran from one bush to another near my feet and Dorothy Barker’s eyes were enormous and she was like, “WHAT THE SHIT IS THAT? PICK ME UP, LADY,” and I get it because I totally wanted someone to pick me up too, but also I was thinking, “Aren’t tiny dogs like you bred to kill rats?”
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