If there is something certain in life then its uncertainty. You don't know what shape will tomorrow be. You don't know what will happen next. You don't know when a friend will turn into a foe. You don't know when your fortunes get reversed. You don't know when you will be taking your last breath. You don't know when the car in front of you will brake. You don't know when I will stop writing. We live in uncertain times my friend. Don't know why I called you a friend? Well, even I don't know.
Last night they discovered a human in the sewers, screamed the headline on Daily Vermin Times. Ed Rat paused to scan the headline and sipped his morning tea. He was in charge of the highly successful Human Extermination Programme. He came from the highly acclaimed family of rats that had unleashed Plague on the frail human race centuries ago. At that time rats used to be in the sewers and the humans used to be outside. Maybe they too had a Vermin Extermination Program. How ironic, thought Ed. We were destined to rule the world. We withstood their poison and laboratory tests. In fact, the tests made us stronger and resistant to the diseases. Now look at them hiding in sewers away from us, fearing us. The telephone rang. Ed woke with a start from his reverie. There must be something wrong, he thought. My room has shrunk, there are metal bars everywhere. It looks like a cell. I can see my cousins in another cell. They are all playing with something. What's this lump on my hand? What...
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