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| A Novel - - A Shaggy Dog Story |
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| CHAPTER ONE | |
| Once upon a midnight drear, While at my desk I sat, There came a rapping at my door. I wondered, "What could be that?" * |  |
| CHAPTER TWO | |
| I hastened to open the door to see what was making all the racket. This I did not expect. |  |
| CHAPTER THREE | |
| Who could these strangers be? The three Marx Brothers? |  |
| CHAPTER FOUR | |
| I guess not. The Three Stooges? |  |
| CHAPTER FIVE | |
| I ushered my guests into my home. We went into my den where my computer was set up and running. |  |
| CHAPTER SIX | |
| Evidently it had prepared some entertaining diversion for us. |  |
| CHAPTER SEVEN | |
| At that moment I noticed my pet canary acting very strangely. |  |
| CHAPTER EIGHT | |
| Yes. My other pet had just skulked into the room. |  |
| CHAPTER NINE | |
| After hearing all that ruckus, I wasn't surprised when my house-keeper rushed into the room. |  |
| CHAPTER TEN | |
| This 'performance' didn't go un-noticed by one of my guests. |  |
| CHAPTER ELEVEN | |
| By now, the computer was acting strangely too. Was it because of the 'user'? |  |
| CHAPTER TWELVE | |
| I thought the 'mouse' was 'driving' the computer. GADZOOKS! |  |
| CHAPTER THIRTEEN | |
| This was beginning to depress me! Was my home going up in smoke? |  |
| CHAPTER FOURTEEN | |
| NO! It COULDN'T be. - - ! - - ! - - |  |
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