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_10:44pm_
23th December
Another One?, I Mumbled. This Would Make The Fourth Time In A Row That I Was Seeing This Very Post From R

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_10:44pm_
23th December
Another one?, I mumbled. This would make the fourth time in a row that I was seeing this very post from Richard. "What do you want for Christmas, Santa might be listening".
I've got a thousand and more items on my wishlist. Funny how I spent the whole year without achieving up to a quarter of it. This year has been a really tough one for me. The list of things I needed to buy this year was still in my old bag. Hung in my wardrobe. Forgotten.
I had spent more and enjoyed less this year. The bills, all of it was my responsibility. The expenses were way too much partly because my salary wasn't proportional to my cost of living.
I'm a 23 year old lady, who just started living a life of her own. Moving out of my family home was a difficult but necessary decision I had to take. I needed to leave home, because it was as if staying at my family house prevented me from a lot of things. I was in a stage of my life where my freedom really mattered. All I ever wanted was to get an apartment and a job till I figured out what I really wanted to do with my life. I'm a reserved girl who so much loves her space, my apartment was a proof because it was situated in the outskirts of the city, away from noise.
My apartment was a very simple one. Two bedrooms, a sizeable living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. I lived alone. No friends, no family. My cat, Nina, my only companion died last 2 months (bless her soul). My routine was as straightforward. Wake up. Shower. Breakfast. Work. Back home. Movies. Sleep. Weekends were for jogging, that's when I get to greet Stan, an aquataince I never wanted to get attached to. A friendly dude. Nice looking, with the neat hair cut and a nice smell, the one that could turn a lady on. Scent that could make your mind linger, turn dirty maybe. He tried striking an intimate conversation twice but I'd always shy away. I was still trying to figure out myself in this part of the world. My watchword was NO DISTRACTIONS and I tried my best to stick to it!
Phew! I need a laptop and a sneakers and a boyfriend, I quickly wrote in response to Richard's post. I typed it with so much doubt, well, there was no harm in trying. Santa might remember me this time around. I sluggishly kept my phone beneath my pillow and slept off.
_11:54pm_
24th December
I woke up with a startle. Was I dreaming?. I was so sure I heard it. The sound, it came from the kitchen or was it the living room? I had spent all day indoors, because I didn't go to work. My boss gave us a 3 day holiday in the spirit of Christmas celebration. I had bought myself a popcorn, barbeque and a Red wine. I got chocolates too, even though I didn't like eating them, the brown color was very pleasing to my eyes. Eating alone was dreadful, but what could I do? I made up my mind to leave home so, here I was, wallowing in loneliness and never agreeing that it was my case. I remembered littering the parlor with barbeque wrap because I was too lazy to dispose it. Could it rat? I doubted it because the last time I saw a rodent in my apartment was early last year and I got a strong repellent specially for them!
I quickly tiptoed towards the living room and then I heard it again. This time, more clearly. "Come to boyfriend baby, I got the the laptop and sneakers.
I froze. I literally fainted whilst standing. I passed out even before I saw the creepy image sitting on my sofa!




How Bush Rats Got The White Spots On Their Skin

AT The Time Of The Great Famine All The Animals Were Very Thin And Weak From Want Of Food; But There Was One Exception, And That W...
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AT the time of the great famine all the animals were very thin and weak from want of food; but there was one exception, and that was the tortoise and all his family, who were quite fat, and did not seem to suffer at all. Even the leopard was very thin, in spite of the arrangement he had made with the animals to bring him their old grandmothers and mothers for food.

In the early days of the famine (as you will remember) the leopard had killed the mother of the tortoise, in consequence of which the tortoise was very angry with the leopard, and determined if possible to be revenged upon him. The tortoise, who was very clever, had discovered a shallow lake full of fish in the middle of the forest, and every morning he used to go to the lake and, without much trouble, bring back enough food for himself and his family. One day the leopard met the tortoise and noticed how fat he was. As he was very thin himself he decided to watch the tortoise, so the next morning he hid himself in the long grass near the tortoise's house and waited very patiently, until at last the tortoise came along quite slowly, carrying a basket which appeared to be very heavy. Then the leopard sprang out, and said to the tortoise:
"What have you got in that basket?

The tortoise, as he did not want to lose his breakfast, replied that he was carrying firewood back to his home. Unfortunately for the tortoise the leopard had a very acute sense of smell, and knew at once that there was fish in the basket, so he said:
"I know there is fish in there, and I am going to eat it."
The tortoise, not being in a position to refuse, as he was such a poor creature, said:
"Very well. Let us sit down under this shady tree, and if you will make a fire I will go to my house and get pepper, oil, and salt, and then we will feed together."

To this the leopard agreed, and began to search about for dry wood, and started the fire. In the meantime the tortoise waddled off to his house, and very soon returned with the pepper, salt, and oil; he also brought a long piece of cane tie-tie, which is very strong. This he put on the ground, and began boiling the fish. Then he said to the leopard:"While we are waiting for the fish to cook, let us play at tying one another up to a tree. You may tie me up first, and when I say 'Tighten,' you must loose the rope, and when I say 'Loosen,' you must tighten the rope."
The leopard, who was very hungry, thought that this game would make the time pass more quickly until the fish was cooked, so he said he would play. The tortoise then stood with his back to the tree and said, "Loosen the rope," and the leopard, in accordance with the rules of the game, began to tie up the tortoise. Very soon the tortoise shouted out, "Tighten!" and the leopard at once unfastened the tie-tie, and the tortoise was free. The tortoise then said, "Now, leopard, it is your turn; " so the leopard stood up against the tree and called out to the tortoise to loosen the rope, and the tortoise at once very quickly passed the rope several times round the leopard and got him fast to the tree. Then the leopard said, "Tighten the rope;" but instead of playing the game in accordance with the rules he had laid down, the tortoise ran faster and faster with the rope round the leopard, taking great care, however, to keep out of reach of the leopard's claws, and very soon had the leopard was so securely fastened that it was quite impossible for him to free himself.
All this time the leopard was calling out to the tortoise to let him go, as he was tired of the game; but the tortoise only laughed, and sat down at the fireside and commenced his meal.
When he had finished he packed up the remainder of the fish for his family, and prepared to go, but before he started he said to the leopard:"You killed my mother and now you want to take my fish. It is not likely that I am going to the lake to get fish for you, so I shall leave you here to starve."
He then threw the remains of the pepper and salt into the leopard's eyes and quietly went on his way, leaving the leopard roaring with pain.
All that day and throughout the night the leopard was calling out for some one to release him, and vowing all sorts of vengeance on the tortoise; but no one came, as the people and animals of the forest do not like to hear the leopard's voice.
In the morning, when the animals began to go about to get their food, the leopard called out to every one he saw to come and untie him, but they all refused, as they knew that if they did so the leopard would most likely kill them at once and eat them. At last a bush rat came near and saw the leopard tied up to the tree and asked him what was the matter, so the leopard told him that he had been playing a game of "tight" and "loose" with the tortoise, and that he had tied him up and left him there to starve. The leopard then implored the bush rat to cut the ropes with his sharp teeth. The bush rat was very sorry for the leopard; but at the same time he knew that, if he let the leopard go, he would most likely be killed and eaten, so he hesitated, and said that he did not quite see his way to cutting the ropes. But this bush rat, being rather kind-hearted, and having had some experience of traps himself, could sympathise with the leopard in his uncomfortable position. He therefore thought for a time, and then hit upon a plan. He first started to dig a hole under the tree, quite regardless of the leopard's cries. When he had finished the hole he came out and cut one of the ropes, and immediately ran into his hole, and waited there to see what would happen; but although the leopard struggled frantically, he could not get loose, as the tortoise had tied him up so fast. After a time, when he saw that there was no danger, the bush rat crept out again and very carefully bit through another rope, and then retired to his hole as before.
Again nothing happened, and he began to feel more confidence, so he bit several strands through one after the other until at last the leopard was free. The leopard, who was ravenous with hunger, instead of being grateful to the bush rat, as he was free, made a dash at the bush rat with his big paw, but just missed him, as the bush rat had dived for his hole; but he was not quite quick enough to escape altogether, and the leopard's sharp claws scored his back and left marks which he carried to his grave.
Ever since then the bush rats have had white spots on their skins, which represent the marks of the leopard's claws.

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