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Princess Pirlipat’s Triumph or
No, Your Majesty
And what a good thing to wake up to! The Mouse Queen stuffed and trussed like a turkey, ready to deep-fat fry, her angry black eyes flashing hotter than the oil, itself. Better yet, Krakatuk was safely in Coffee’s hand – or was that Coffee? Who cared? They’d caught a rat!
And around they danced, singing, “Get out of bed, you sleepy-head! Get out of bed, wake up, wake up! Look at that! She took the bait! Look at that! She met her fate! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! We trapped a rat!”
The dancing and singing went on for some time, and while the Sweeties danced and while the Sweeties sang, the Mouse Queen turned her hot beady eyes on Pirlipat-now- Coffee. Pirlipat tried to avoid the stare, tried to avoid the command in those eyes, tried to avoid the bonds of slavery, which wanted to chain her once more to the Mouse Queen.
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