The Miserable Life of Mary Mpata

Mary's belly worked itself into tight knots as she approached the shabby, rundown, godforsaken apartment that she reluctantly called home. As she trudged up the cold, miserable steps, a fat mouse dashed from the dark shrubs nearby and stopped for a moment in her path. It stared at her with a sad expression in its eyes, lifted its upper body, sniffed, and then made off for the dense undergrowth on the other side...
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