Today’s story is “Nobody’s Home” by Pascal Farful, who spends much of his time as a fursuiter and musician, but is occasionally known to pick up a pen and paper, and you can find more of his stories on his FurAffinity page.

Read for you by Khaki, your faithful fireside companion.

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You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.

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I’m Khaki, your faithful fireside companion,

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and today’s story is

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“Nobody’s Home” by Pascal Farful,

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who spends much of his time as a fursuiter and musician,

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but is occasionally known to pick up a pen and paper,

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and you can find more of his stories

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on his FurAffinity page.

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“Nobody’s Home”

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by Pascal Farful

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James the Rat awoke one sleepy Thursday morning

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in a small town near Woking, England.

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He looked over to see his husband Harry,

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an otter, looking back at him,

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smiling. The two got out of bed and started to organise their day,

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everything seeming to be normal.

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Things only began to be abnormal,

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when Harry went to the letterbox and saw at least forty letters having been pushed through it.

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The otter scratched his head, before turning to James.

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"I think someone put these through our door as a prank.

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prank." Harry grumbled, starting to gather them up.

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"Fucking kids these days...

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days..." The rat muttered,

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going into the kitchen to start working on breakfast,

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noting how... quiet

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everything felt. He opened a window and switched on the radio.

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He could hear a crackle of a definite radio transmission...

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but no sound of music...

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or presenters... or adverts... or... anything! "Hmm...

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Classic Rock Radio's gone out too...

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too..." He said, before starting to reprogramme it.

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Harry then walked into the kitchen too.

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"Um... James... dear..." He said quietly, stepping closer.

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"I'm... getting kinda... freaked." He muttered.

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James looked over to Harry,

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then nodded. "Don't worry,

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I'm sure it's just a coinci

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-" he began, before dialing in Radio 1

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"Attention. This is an emergency broadcast. If you can hear this message,

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remain in your homes.

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Remain calm. Listen to updates from the police and local authorities." The radio voice said,

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before looping, perhaps infinitely.

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Harry stood dumbstruck,

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before grabbing James around the waist

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and gripping tight.

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"My god! James! What will we do?!"

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The otter cried. James’ eyes narrowed. "Hmm...

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well... we'll start by doing exactly as it says...

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but not before some breakfast." He grumbled.

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"D'ya want tea of coffee?"

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After about five minutes, the two were sat in the living room.

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Harry was petrified, sitting with his arms around James,

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nervously sipping his coffee.

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James seemed more confident, or at least,

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less scared. He picked up the phone and proceeded to ring the police.

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After dialing 999,

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nobody would answer to transfer him.

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James' confidence began to fail at this point.

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"Oh god..." He whispered.

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"What! What's going on!?"

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Harry cried, vicing his arms tighter around his husband.

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James eased the phone down

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and turned to face Harry, practically about to cry. "There's

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nobody there...

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nobody at all..." Harry put his head in his hands

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and started to sob.

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James slowly put his arms around Harry.

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"It's okay... I... It must just be...

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be..." He said, looking out the window...

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but that was a grave sight too.

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The buildings looked to be intact,

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but there was nobody driving around, or walking around...

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it was deadly quiet...

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The rat got to his feet.

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"What is it?" Harry asked, looking up.

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"Nothing..." James whispered,

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"Oh don't give me that!"

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Harry barked, grabbing a pillow and trying to drive it through his skull,

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but unable to even cause himself minor pain.

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"Nono! That's what I mean!

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There's nothing out there!

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No people, nobody driving around... it's as if... people just...

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disappeared!" James uttered.

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Harry lowered the pillow and gulped.

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"Oh my god... what... what are we to do?" The otter asked again.

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"What if it's poisonous out there?"

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James shook his head.

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"I doubt it, I opened a window in the kitchen and I haven't had any ill effect.

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effect." Harry scratched the back of his head.

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"You mean to tell me that all the people have simply...

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disappeared?" James nodded.

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"That's what I think...

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think..." The rat said, turning to face Harry again.

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"Got any other ideas?"

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He asked. The otter went red

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and shook his head.

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"So... if nobody's around...

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what should we do?"

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He asked. James scratched his head.

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"I think we should make sure we're alone...

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alone..." He said. "And then, I suggest we go supply shopping...

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or... well, for a want of a better word...

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loot the shops." He said.

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Harry jumped up and was about to say something, but James stopped him.

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"If we're the only ones left alive,

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we can take what we need to survive.

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survive." He said. After a hanging silence,

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Harry nodded, getting to his feet and walking around to the front room,

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noticing the letters again.

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"What about... those?"

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The otter asked. James pondered.

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"Hmm... how about you open them while I go scout out around town.

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town." The rat offered. Harry very firmly shook his head.

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"No fucking way." The otter said. "I'm not leaving you."

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James would open his mouth to complain...

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but closed it again,

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unable to find a reason not to.

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"But... what if someone tries to break into our house?"

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He suggested at last.

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Harry shrugged. "Well, if we're not in, they'll steal all our stuff.

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If we're in, they'll steal all our stuff because I dunno about you,

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but I'm not going to get myself killed.

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killed." The otter said firmly.

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James nodded. "I'll lock the place up as best I can...

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then we'll head out.

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out." The rat said. After about ten or twenty minutes,

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James and Harry were stood outside the house,

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the rat locking the door

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and putting his keys back in his pocket,

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hand moving to hold his husband’s.

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The two walked to the edge of their garden

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and peer around.

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In their view they could see a bike dumped on the side of the road

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and an abandoned car.

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Everything else looked normal,

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if empty. They stood there for a while,

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waiting to see if anyone turned up.

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Nobody did. The village...

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perhaps the county...

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county...England... Europe... maybe even the whole world...

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was empty... except for them.

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The two men looked at each other.

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"Well... fuck." James said simply to Harry. ---

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James and Harry walked up the street,

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taking in the empty buildings

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and the abandoned cars...

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There were no signs of distress... no signs of suffering...

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of pain... just... nothing...

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everyone was gone...

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The two walked hand-in-hand,

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taking a moment to walk over to a pub

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on the other side of the road.

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The door was open,

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the pair stepping inside.

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It was empty like everything else...

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there were a few full bottles of spirits on the back wall behind the bar...

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a few marks where a cleaner had wiped down the tops of the tables

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as well as brooms,

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a bin... nothing that stood out as being harmful.

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James walked to the bar

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and peer behind it,

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seeing if anything was hidden there. There

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was nothing out of the ordinary.

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Harry went to the bin

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and rife through it...

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he too finding nothing of interest.

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The otter’s head bolted up

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when he heard the till open.

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"James!" He growled.

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The rat slammed the till shut.

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"What?" He asked. Harry took a pace closer,

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eyes on his husband.

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"You’re... you're not robbing them... are you?"

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He asked. James narrowed his eyes.

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"Of course not... why would I?

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There's nobody on the planet to give money to.

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to." He said, stepping back from behind the bar.

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Harry solemnly nodded.

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"If you're right that there's nobody... then I guess taking things... isn't that bad...

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bad..." He muttered. James was about to turn

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and pick up a fancy-looking bottle of gin,

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but he decided against it.

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"Oh god... I don't know... what to do...

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do..." The rat moaned, putting his head in his hands.

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Harry looked back to the open door of the pub.

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"Alright... I think what we need to do...

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is what you said before... stock up.

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up." He said. "Essentials, bottled water,

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foods that keep for long periods of time.

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time." The otter said. James nodded,

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walking back to the door,

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the two walking through it,

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the rat having some faint hope

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that by opening the door again people would somehow return to the streets,

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but nobody did... as much as James didn't want to admit it...

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they were alone. The two walked up to a local shop,

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the door open, and look around as the place lay empty.

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Thankfully due to the advancements in solar and wind power,

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the town wouldn't lose power,

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the wind-farms and the solar panels would power them,

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as long as the wind and the sun didn't abandon them like seemingly everything else had prior...

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The two took paper bags and began to fill them with bottles of water,

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soon having four bags of them,

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each taking two bags.

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and taking them back to their house.

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They returned to look over the foods.

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"I still feel... a little guilty about this." Harry said.

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James nodded. "But you understand that, you know...

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if we don't do this...

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we'll die... right?"

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He said The otter meekly returned the nod,

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before the pair returned to contemplating the food.

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"Should we take foods that expire soon?

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Eat them up... then take things that expire the day after and so on?"

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Harry suggested. James smiled.

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"Good thinkin' Harry.

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Harry." He said. The otter blushed and smiled,

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the pair starting to look through the food,

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picking out things that expired that day,

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sharing it out between them

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and eating what didn't need cooking as they did so.

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"Do you think we should take some of this stuff anyway to freeze it to use later?"

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James asked. Harry pondered.

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"Well... what about the other shops too?" He asked.

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"Oh Christ Harry!

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I don't think we could eat all the food from just this little place,

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let alone another shop's worth!"

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James cried. Harry nodded bleakly.

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"I think we should just take what can.

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can." He said. James nodded too

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and they both took out more paper bags.

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"Okay... so let's take enough food for us for each day,

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overestimate it and then hopefully we'll have our fridge, freezer and cupboards full,

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eat through it and then get more.

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more." The rat said. Harry,

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heart pounding, nodded.

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"We'd better do fruits and vegetables first, since they rot." He said.

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After a few hours,

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Harry and James had their house

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full of food. James stood in the hall,

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reading the letters that had been put through the doorway.

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None of them were hostile,

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however one... one... This letter was addressed directly to James, instead of being to Mr. and Mr. Portsmouth.

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He opened it and read it to himself.

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"Dear James It's Mark here,"

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James gulped. Mark was his best friend,

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a squirrel. He was the best man at his and Harry's wedding.

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He lived up in Basingstoke.

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"It's Mark here, I thought I'd better write to you as I hope this kinda thing'd get through a little easier…

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given what’s been going on...

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on..." James' level of worry began to escalate.

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"But people... people just started disappearing.

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The milkman came but the shops were empty,

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the streets were too.

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Nobody on the radio either.

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I saw the postman on his rounds

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and figured at least he might be able to get something through to you.

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I hope this letter finds you.

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you... I hope you are doing well...

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If you could please.

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please... well, I know I don't trust the telephones...

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but if you could give us a call, it’d put me at ease that maybe I’m not alone.

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Yours Mark Westbrook

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His number was then left at the bottom of the page.

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James raced to the phone

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and punched in the number, before sitting on the sofa,

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listening to the phone ring.

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It rang... ...and it rang...

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It rang for what felt like an eternity.

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James' hopes began to die...

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he had hoped Mark hadn't met the same end as his hopes...

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James began to cry

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and went to hang up the phone.

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Click. "Hello? Is anyone there?" Came a voice through the phone.

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James froze. "M... Mark?

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Please, oh unholy gods please let that be you!"

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Out from the phone again,

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"James? James you’re alive?

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Y-yes it's me, Mark.

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Mark." The rat nearly exploded in tears.

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"Oh Mark! How glad I am to hear your voice!" He wept.

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The two settle in to talk for a long while.

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"Have you two rung your families?" Mark asked

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at last, through occasional sniffs.

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James gulped again.

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"Well... no... they haven't talked to us since the wedding...

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I kinda left out... the part about marrying a man...

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man..." He muttered. He heard Mark's pause. "Alright.

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"Alright... well, I might as well drive down to you if that's alright.

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alright." The squirrel said.

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"Oh yes of course!"

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James cried James then heard Harry call out from the kitchen.

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"There's no way me and you'll be able to eat all this!"

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"Well, it's alright, because Mark is alive and well

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and he's going to come on down!"

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James called. "Oh thank fuck…

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there is intelligent life!"

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Harry panted, stumbling back towards the living room.

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Mark laughed down the phone.

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"Alright! I won't hang around!"

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He said. "I'll see ya soon!".

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"Drive safe!” James added,

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before dropping the phone back on the reciever.

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He beamed as he got up and went out into the hallway.

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His surprise was only extended by finding Harry stood on the stairs clad in only a pair of dark grey and light blue patterned speedos.

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The otter blushed with a smile.

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"It's just us... what's wrong with showing off a little?"

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He asked. James gulped and went red,

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loosening the button of the formal shirt he wore

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with his pin-stripped black suit.

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Harry wore a comfortable,

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confident, elegant smile

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and descend the stairs, before walking up to James

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and adopting a grin.

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James remained bashfully quiet,

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going very red and trembling slightly.

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"My god... you’re beautiful..."

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Harry chuckled softly,

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before giving James a kiss to the lips.

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"Well... do you remember on our honeymoon,

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how you always said how you wanted to walk the streets without your trousers on...

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if nobody was around to watch?"

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The otter grinned.

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The rat blushed and laughed,

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rubbing the back of his

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head. “Oh yes… well… maybe I did say that. But

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-but… only if nobody was around…”.

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Harry chuckled "Well, whaddaya know...

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nobody's around." He whispered.

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James shuddered with excitement,

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still cherry red of the face,

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and nod. He nervously undid his trousers,

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them dropping down his slender legs

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and stepping his legs out of them

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and hanging up his trousers.

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It was a times like this that James wished he hadn’t chosen to wear odd socks.

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The smile remained,

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broadening to a grin,

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one which twitched with budding excitement.

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Harry giggled, before kissing him

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again. "C'mon... let's sit by the

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river." The otter said, walking to the front door and opening it.

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James smiled and followed him,

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locking the door behind them.

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They walked through the warm dusk to the riverbank

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just past the shop.

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The sounds of crickets and lapping water

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massaged the midsummer air.

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The two sat together beside the river,

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watching the shimmering waters,

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the two men alone...

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free to do as they pleased.

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They made love as the light faded

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and the nightlight rolled in,

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the moon the only witness to their night of passion.

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Short of breath, they lay together and looked up at the stars,

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clothes discarded,

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Harry's arm and leg around James,

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the pair nuzzling each other tenderly.

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"I... I guess I can get used to this...

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this..." James said with a chuckle and a nervous smile.

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Harry nodded. "Yeah...

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I can too, as long as I’ve got you~"

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he said, before the pair kissed again...

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Later that night,

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Mark came and lie down with them,

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the rat and the otter scrambling to redress,

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a problem particularly for James who didn’t have any trousers to put back on.

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With blushes shared, the three looked fondly up at the stars, before falling asleep

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one by one... It seemed,

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with the right people by your side,

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perhaps the apocalypse might not be so bad…

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This was “Nobody’s Home”

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by Pascal Farful,

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read for you by Khaki,

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your faithful fireside companion.

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Thank you for listening

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to The Voice of Dog