Behold the Torture Chamber
This morning a house member found a dead snake behind this closed door. It was tangled in a roll of deer fence, unable to free itself, and died either of starvation, dehydration, or strangulation. There were signs of suffering such as scrapes and cuts in the skin, its mouth wide open as if gasping for air.
This is not the first time such cruelty has been found inside this innocent looking building. A few years ago a mouse was found dead, completely desiccated inside an unused clay pot. It had apparently climbed inside it in search of stray bird seeds, but was unable to get a grip on the smooth wall of the pot. There were tiny scratch marks on the interior wall of the pot.
The owner of this building was completely dismayed. She claims she had no knowledge of such cruelties happening right in front of her nose. She has since then made a point of storing pots and buckets upside down, but admits there are many unknown traps hidden behind every shelf. She has discarded the fence, but plans to purchase more in the future without knowing exactly how she will be able to store it safely.
A further investigation has found that there have been many more murders on this premise--in fact, a massacre. Every year since the house was built, innocent birds crash into the glass windows and break their necks. A number of frogs that are only celebrating the rainy nights are smashed under wheels. Countless earth worms are sliced by the sharp edge of a spade.
Furthermore, this killing machine is not confined to its premise. The killing takes place on the road, in a form of four wheels, or rather, eight wheels between the two house members. In the last six years, they have injured three deer, killed three chipmunks, two squirrels, one bird, and who knows how many insects. All the victims just happened to be in a wrong place at a wrong time.
The owners point out that they have stopped their vehicles to remove turtles, even a snapping one, off the road to safety, but also admit that they have committed deliberate murders of mice inside the house. No charges have been filed against them.
How much longer will this go on? The answer is grim. The house member who was in charge of the clay pots and deer fence contends she was so disturbed and disgusted by the suffering she had caused the innocent victims, she even considered condemning the said building. But knowing the impossibility of barring the little creatures from entering(and more likely due to inconvenience), she abandoned the idea. The chamber still stands, in its full function.
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