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Imagine rats.
Dream rats.
A tide of them. A blanket...
Blanketing the floor
and making it vibrate with their unanimous purr.
Imagine rats,
purring little creatures of sleek fur.
Dream rats blanketing the floor
and flowing forward to blanket the sleeper.
Warmth. Hummm.
Smooth fur, tickly whiskers, tiny feet.
Weight of many small bodies, purring, smiling out loud.
Smile, sigh, sleep...
Leave the world for the land of dreams.
They will safeguard the way there.
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