Mark Bowles

Cat Rug

Another prompt from my son

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Mark Bowles
Feb 07, 2026
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In a house there was a very dirty rug, it was dirty because all kinds of filth were constantly being trailed into the house from the garden and the street, and no one, none of the people living in the house, took care to wipe their feet or take off their muddy boots. It was a filthy off-yellow pelt of a rug, and on it, when all the men were in the house…

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