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EIGHTY FOUR FERRETS ON STREETCAR 19
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"Eighty-four ferrets on street car #19? What's that supposed to mean?" you may be asking. Well, if you can be patient for a moment and read on, then you'll find that out for yourself. But if you're short on time: it's a story. That's right. This is a story. One that you may, or may not, need to brace yourself for. (No, seriously. I haven't written it yet (I'm notorious at writing my introductions before the meat of the piece), so I really don't know if you'll need to brace yourself for this or not.) So, y'know, prepare yourself.
"Also, hey, this Twine looks familiar. Did you recycle the theming from an older one of yo-" Yes. And shut up. Not only am I on a limited budget of a whopping $0, but I'm also a slight bit lazy (if you couldn't already tell from the quality of this writing). So do forgive me for the recycled theme, but, //also//, in the most respectful way possible, shush, and try to focus on the words themselves.
Anyway. This is a story. An //interactive// one. `[crowd gasps, one faints in disbelief]` Yes, that's right. It's a //Twine//. [[Are you ready?->start]]
You're walking home on a dim summer night. You wish you had at least brought a raincoat, because the weather channel had lied once again: the weather is quite torrentious. Although home is only a few blocks away, you're looking for someplace to dry up. You wouldn't want to catch pneumonia.
A rusted street lamp illuminates a yellow taxicab. The light occasionally flickers, perhaps as a result of the vicious downpour causing the already-failing circuity to fault, or perhaps just because of the town's lack of funding for maintenace.
Regardless of the light's flickering, the yellow taxicab would be visible from any distance. It's the only bright, cheery object in this dark, lonely grunge of a town. It has a bright "#19" marked on its side.
You walk up to the cab, each stride of yours causing a ltitle tsunami of puddle-water to wash about the road. A knock on the window prompts the driver to lower the glass, but just a bit.
"Hello, got any room to spare?" you say. You ask a bit coyly, fully expecting them to say yes, since after all there are precisely zero other people out in the town this late at night. The town's mostly a population of the elderly.
"Nope, sorry," replies the voice. This is unusual, to say the least. If the cab hasn't any room to spare, how come it's parked out in the middle of nowhere, not going any place in particular?
"None at all?" You figure you'd try once again.
"Nope."
Darn. Your only option seems to be to [[head back home in the rain]].
But, I suppose, you could also [[take a peeksy at whoever's in the back of the cab]], since they're obviously so important that they have the right to reserve an entire taxi to themselves while also not going anywhere.It's a shame that the taxicab has no room to spare, since that means you'll have to walk home in the rain. Oh well.
You start your walk away from the cab, but before you make it far, something catches the corner of your eye.
Why, //is that a ferret in the back of the cab?//
Your eyes must deceive you. Why would there be a ferret in the back of the cab? Maybe it was just the darkness playing tricks on you. There's no way to know for sure, not unless you [[go back to the cab and give it a look->look at the ferret]]."Just a peeksy wouldn't hurt, now would it?" you think. Admittedly, your curiousity has the best of you, and after all, who //could// be so important to require the entire cab to themselves?
You begin your glance's journey from the passenger's window to the backseat window. You fix your eyes on the new target, and gaze into the bowels of the car.
You can vaguely make out a shape. You see-, why, you see a ferret! A ferret? A ferret!? [[You take a closer look at the ferret->look at the ferret]].Indeed! It's a ferret, sitting in the back of the cab!
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But why.. it has a friend! Many more friends, in fact!
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<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
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<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
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<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
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<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
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<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
<img src="https://assets.petco.com/petco/image/upload/c_pad,dpr_1.0,f_auto,q_auto,h_636,w_636/c_pad,h_636,w_636/153044-left-1" alt="a ferret">
You count, and your new-found little furry friend has //83// other friends! That makes 84 ferrets in total, stuffed into the back of this cab!
You go up back to the passenger window and ask the driver, "Sir, why do you have so many ferrets in the back of your car?"
"They're my family," he replies.
Overjoyed by this revelation, you no longer feel cold or wet. Your heart is warmed, and the warmth penetrates the rest of your body. You wave goodbye to the driver, and he waves goodbye back. You hop back home, cheerily, skipping in the rain.
You feel content knowing that your small sacrifice of walking home in the rain allowed a pack of friendly furry ferret friends to frolic in the back of the taxicab. You sleep amazingly.
The end.