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Hey there folks and welcome back to What a World. The show where you are questions and ideas inspire off the cuff stories.

I'm Mr. Rarerick your host and today we're bringing you a lovely story from back in the day.

Remastered with better balanced sound and including a song at the end by musical artist Miss Lynn.

The song's called Gingerbread Mouse and it's from Miss Lynn's album Still Learning.

It just ties in so perfectly with this story that we really wanted to share with you.

Now let's get started by listening to Pearson's Question.

My name is Pearson from Riverview, Florida. I am eight years old. I was coding into my black cat obsidian.

My question is what if I fair it to you on a cookie in an orchestra?

Oh man Pearson what a great question. You know what I really loved is how much detail you gave.

You told us about your cat and how you like coding and then you gave like a really complicated question.

So I want to jump right into that story. What if a ferret ate a cookie in an orchestra?

Today's story starts not with that ferret but with a cat stalking its prey.

You thought you could escape me?

Set up city in the cat, pacing back and forth. A top its favorite napping rung.

Well little did you know. I am a master of the hunt.

The black cat spun on its prey but it just stayed frozen.

I see you are paralyzed by fear. Very well. I will make this quick for you.

Oh wait I've got to get milk.

Obsidian the cat skitter out of the letting them into the kitchen.

Leaving its prey a little gingerbread cookie in the shape of a mouse.

Unguarded. As you can imagine it took the cat several minutes to figure out how to pour the milk into the bowl.

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