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                    Notes on a conversation held at 4:00 am
                                        
“Um … Bunny? I think there's a creature [1] in the room.”

“Really?”

“You didn't hear it?”

“Hear what?”

“A … an … unearthly chirping…esque … sound, like a wounded dodo bird [2].”

“Dodo's are extinct—how do you know what they sound like?”

“How do you know what they don't sound like?”

“Touché.”

“Listen … ”

[One snooze period [3] passes]

“I haven't heard anything.”

“Give it some time.”

[Another snooze period passes]

**Scriiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiii**iii…

“Did you hear that?”

“I … think … so … ”

**Scriiiiieeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiireeeeeeeeedruuuuuuuuu­
mmmmmmiiiii**iiii…

“**THAT!**”

“Oh, that! It's just the bougainvillea [4] scraping against the window.”

“Bougainvillea?”

**Scrriiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigeeeeeeeet­
oooouuuuuuuutoooooooooooiiiii**aaaaa…

“Yes. Definitely the bougainvillea.”

“Well, if that's all it is then … zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz”

[1] http://www.conman.org/people/spc/writings/murphy/ml409.html
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo
[3] http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1361/why-does-the-alarm-clock-snooze-button-give-you-nine-extra-minutes-not-ten
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bougainvillea

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