I land with a splash in cold, scummy water. There's a three-foot drop to a steel grate covering a dark tunnel. On the other side of the garbage mountain, I skirt around a crumpled bag labeled D-O-R-I-T-O-S and reach a ledge. Because without them, I don't have any idea where I'm supposed to go or what I'm supposed to do! On the third yank, I finally tug my foot free. I hear the heavy thuds of human shoes behind me. This escape was my big brother Benji's idea. My brothers and sisters have totally disappeared.
It's a big, black plastic sack filled with garbage. My leg plunges down into a slimy hole, and I can't lift it out. My right rear paw punches through something as thin as an eggshell. I try taking a shortcut to catch up with them. The place none of us has ever been before.Ī lumpy black mountain reeking of rancid vegetables blocks our way forward. We squeeze through that tiny crack between the door and the wall and enter the Land of the Giants. All I have to do is tail after them, just like I always do. I'm the youngest, not to mention the smallest. My brothers and sisters are leading the way to our freedom. It's also the only home my family and I have ever known.
We're escaping from a place that's foul and creepy and 100 percent HORRIBLE! I'm running as fast as I can behind my big brothers and sisters. My story starts on the day I lost my entire family. "The world is always biggest when you're small."
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