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"You know why that doesn't work," saidasked Stallion.
"It's because they can't really smell us?" answered a wondering S2.
"That's my boy!" said Stallion, "Let's extricate ourselves for the time being. Even Runni can't paint herself into our corner, not knowing our colors."
"I might have pooped a little," admitted S2.
"That's okay," assured Stallion, "as long as you don't have hemorrhoids."
The dogs set up a ruckus as the horses departed. One puppy was quick enough to grab a tail.
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"What's all that outside noise?" asked Chuck, unused to too many things too unnatural.
"Chuck," answered Cousin, "I've been watching your neophyte utility, so I know that's a ridiculous question, coming from you."
"Don't give him too hard a time, Cousin," said Runni, "if you don't know how to trail the horses, we could be stuck here in steamy brown for a very long time."
"Runni," said Snoddi, "let's go back to France-without-Hamsters."
"That was a fantasy," said Runni, "How about Lebanon? They still have some cedars."
Silenus & #3 were already on the roof, nailing shingles.
"You think we know the right thing?" asked #3.
"You don't think protecting them from the elements isn't," returned Silenus, "I'll disappear if they forget about woodchucking."
"You're thousands of years old, you half-goat!"
"You just met me a few months ago. What do you do for a living?"
"I'm an emt. What happened to Manuel?"
"Desiree & I did a hand-off."
"You wood chuck!"
Manuel played. The ground net hummed. The hair net smiled.
"Should I work up another incarnation?" asked the ghost of Igor, "I could do it.
"Can you cool off?" asked the hair net, a little miffed.
"I can blow snowstorms," said Igor.
Cousin said, "It's not as if I didn't warn you, Desiree."
Desiree allowed, "New shoes aren't part of the answer? How beautiful will life be without them?"
"I don't speak to beauty. I speak to the practicality that was abandoned, way too long ago."
"My mom was on a cruise," said Desiree.
"My point exactly," said Cousin.
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