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Article: A rat for Dana.(Short Story)
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- Highlights for Children
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- September 1, 2004
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At Dana's yard sale, Tim chose a baseball from the toys spread on the card table. "How much is this?" he asked. He tossed the ball from hand to hand.
"Everything's a quarter," Dana said, "except Nezumi." She held up a stuffed toy rat. It was gray and limp. Cotton poked out from the hole where an ear had been torn off. "Nezumi is extra special, so he's ten dollars. He needs a safe new home."
"I don't have ten dollars," Tim said.
"That's all right," said Dana. "Nezumi is free for you because you're my friend."
"What happened to his ear?" Tim asked.
"Ruffles chewed it," she said. "Nezumi is terrified of dogs. That's why he ...