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Homeless
Hamster

A scruffy golden-brown hamster in a gift box handed to a pale girl with dark bob at a birthday party
1 / 11

Hamster left the pet store, for Betsy Green's birthday.

But when the party ended, Mrs. Green said 'No way'.

A warm woman with brown hair and green cardigan standing in a doorway with a dog and cat
2 / 11

'I know it's your birthday darling and I hate to kill the moment.

But we have a dog. We have a cat. There's no room for a rodent.'

A pale girl with dark bob crying while helping a scruffy golden-brown hamster pack, the hamster reaching up for a hug
3 / 11

Betsy helped Hamster pack, and they shared a good, long cry.

Then Hamster rose on her hindlegs for a hug goodbye.

A determined scruffy golden-brown hamster standing upright on a crumbling suburban sidewalk at dusk with a tiny bindle
4 / 11

'No wet eyes now Betsy, I know you're not like the others.

And if God made me a rodent, I shall go live amongst my brothers'

A weary scruffy golden-brown hamster trudging down a desolate suburban street, squirrels in a dead oak tree
5 / 11

Hamster hiked into the suburbs, for what seemed like 20 days.

When she finally saw some squirrels, she was half a block away.

Mangy squirrels in a dead oak tree throwing acorns at a small scruffy golden-brown hamster below
6 / 11

The squirrels were in a big oak, playing games of chase.

But they mocked Hamster's tail, and threw acorns in her face.

A small scruffy golden-brown hamster seeing two blue rats in the distance near a trash pile
7 / 11

Before she could say 'Oh rats', Hamster spotted two about.

She explained her situation, can you help a sister out?

Two massive grimy rats eating rotting garbage while a disgusted scruffy golden-brown hamster looks on
8 / 11

But the rats used foul language and were eating trash and waste.

'If they're indeed my family, I'm disappointed with my race'

A scruffy golden-brown hamster stuck halfway through a tiny mousehole in a crumbling baseboard
9 / 11

So Hamster took up with a mouse, who was quiet, quick and bold.

She tried to stay behind him, but got stuck in a mousehole.

A warm woman in green cardigan knocking at a makeshift shelter where a scruffy hamster turns away defiantly
10 / 11

Then at her lowest moment, Mrs Green came unexpected.

Inviting Hamster back, but…apology not accepted!

A defiant scruffy golden-brown hamster with battered suitcase, back turned to a warm woman in green cardigan, facing a tropical horizon
11 / 11

Suburb life's the worst, what a truly crappy gig,

I'm moving to New Guinea, to be a guinea pig"

— The End —
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