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<strong>Whops</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Clobber</strong><br />

Dames. Deborah had gently sweet-talked the pony<br />

across the grass, terrified that any second an<br />

innocent glance from a lighted window would expose<br />

her. Her luck held <strong>and</strong> she reached the dark safety of<br />

the entrance <strong>to</strong> the science lab. She opened the door<br />

<strong>and</strong> led the pony in<strong>to</strong> the labora<strong>to</strong>ry. She passed<br />

through the entrance lobby <strong>and</strong> went in<strong>to</strong> the<br />

chemistry room. Gently she stroked the animal <strong>and</strong><br />

whispered sweet nothings. She fed it sugar <strong>and</strong> then<br />

laid out some hay at the back of the room <strong>and</strong> hung a<br />

feeding bag around its neck.<br />

She kissed the pony gently. "Be quiet now,"<br />

she pleaded, "be a good horsy <strong>and</strong> go <strong>to</strong> sleep."<br />

<strong>The</strong> pony appeared <strong>to</strong> be content <strong>to</strong> munch on<br />

its food. Deborah patted her again <strong>and</strong> slowly moved<br />

away. She backed out of the door, her heart<br />

thumping. Suddenly there was an almighty crash of<br />

breaking glass <strong>and</strong> the pony let out an ear-shattering<br />

neigh. Deborah's heart missed a beat, she rushed<br />

back in<strong>to</strong> the room, the pony neighed again <strong>and</strong> then<br />

promptly dropped her load on the floor. Deborah<br />

stared incredulously. She tried <strong>to</strong> calm the pony's<br />

distress but it had worked itself in<strong>to</strong> a frenzy. She had<br />

shattered the glass in the front of a cabinet <strong>and</strong><br />

kicked several s<strong>to</strong>ols across the room, making them<br />

good for tinder wood.<br />

Deborah's mind was racing. She had <strong>to</strong> think of<br />

something, the cacophony of whinnying <strong>and</strong> breaking<br />

furniture was doubtless audible clear across the quad.<br />

<strong>The</strong> smell of equine defecation was becoming<br />

sickening. Deborah snatched up a rag from a sink <strong>and</strong><br />

blindfolded the pony. Slowly the distressed animal<br />

responded <strong>to</strong> the hapless gal’s desperate entreaties.<br />

Shaking its head twice <strong>and</strong> blowing through its

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