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THE GREAT ESCAPE

She accepted a slice of apple and nibbled it busily.

By the time her snack was finished, the human had gone back inside. Moonlight casually hopped over to the fence. Through the gaps in the wire mesh, she could see lots of lovely green grass. There was lots of lovely green grass on this side of the fence, of course, but the grass on that side looked so much tastier…

She dug at the earth with her paws. Could she find a way under the fence? Moonlight scratched away frantically,

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