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Eleven Mostly-Functional Adults

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Lola grabbed the placemat anyway. "Fine. If the mouse leads to the safe, we follow the mouse." She traced the crayon path to a doodle of a cheese wheel. "That's the vault. Probably. Marv, you're up front. Everyone else, try not to knock anything over."

Marv crept forward and walked straight into a coat rack, which crashed down with a sound like a small avalanche. We all held our breath. Nothing happened. "See?" Marv whispered proudly. "Stealth." Lola put her face in her hands.

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Marv reached the kitchen and found a giant cheese fountain, still warm, gurgling away. "The motherlode," he whispered. He leaned in for a closer look and his tie dipped straight into the melted cheese. He tugged. The whole fountain wobbled toward him.

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