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mirror man
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0 posted 2003-07-09 09:23 AM

Cool Universe
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mirror man

Chapter 6 ½

     That afternoon, the King Rat called a second meeting in the basement of Abnorman’s house.
     “My fellow rats!” he shouted across the great damp hall to a million beady eyes.  “I have good news!”
     Great cheering and so on.
     “Our protégé Cooler is coming along nicely,” he continued.  “He has taken an interest in art!”
     More great cheering, pittypat clapping, and loud guffaws.
     “Also literature.”
     “Haw, haw.”
     “Civil disobedience.”
     “Yay!”
     “Freudian psychology.”
     “Ha, ha.”
     “The devil.”
     Snickers.
     “And the Theory of Universal Vomit!”
     Silence.
     Then one rat said, “But that’s...”
     “The cornerstone of our existence,” said King Rat solemnly.  “Yes...”  Solemn thinking all around.  “Perhaps they will learn from that.”  He paused, and added, “And from that, learn to love us.”  More silence, and then, “It couldn’t hurt.”
     Yeah, right.
     And in the intervening silence, one rat said, “E. Vomitus Unum!”
     “E. Vomitus Unum!” said another rat.
     “E. Vomitus Unum!” said another rat.
     And the hall was suddenly filled with the chant, “E. Vomitus Unum!  E. Vomitus Unum!  E. Vomitus Unum!”  And everywhere were rats one.
     It was a great day for rats.  And vomit.
     Then King Rat raised a paw, the chanting died down, and he said,  “The next step is to separate him from his remaining beliefs.  He must begin to doubt what he sees, what he hears, even what he thinks.  To do this, I will need your help.”
     And here he delineated a complex series of events which would unfold during the remainder of Abnorman’s day and into the next.

     Very clever, I might add.
     Yes.  I am humbled by it, even.
     Well, almost.

     copyright 1998, 2000

     Author’s note: this is a work of fiction.  All characters and events portrayed in this work are fictional, and any resemblance to real life hypocrites, bullies, and liars is merely coincidental.

Skyfire

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1 posted 2003-07-11 01:05 AM

umm... E. Vomitus Unum?? *grin*

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mirror man
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2 posted 2003-08-05 12:49 PM

E. Vomitus Unum! E. Vomitus Unum!

mirror man
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3 posted 2003-08-05 12:51 PM

To anyone reading this:

Author's unpleasant note: this is the final and only version of this novel that I have released to the public. However, this novel has been copied and used by others without my knowledge or consent. So if you should happen to come across another copy of this novel, under this name or another, in any medium, on the web or not, it is not released with my knowledge and consent and so is pirate. Or plagiarism. Or both.

mirror man
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4 posted 2003-08-09 08:18 AM

Special note to teachers, educators:

This novel, this version, may be copied and distributed in any medium as needed for classroom study.

-- mirror man

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