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    The small white mouse stared up at the 

giant gloved hand descending towards him. 

He was grabbed by his tail and shoved into 

a small cardboard box box Dr. Strauss 

looked on, tapping his toe impatiently. Dr. 

Strauss hurriedly grabbed the box, shoved 

five dollars in the pet store clerk's hand, 

and rushed out the door. 

    The little white mouse shivered inside the 

box. Not with cold,but fear. The box jostled 

and the mouse was flung to the other side of 

the box. Suddenly, light flooded the inside of 

the box and the mouse was picked up and 

strapped to an operating table. He was 

suddenly picked with a needle and everything 

went dark again.

    "Well, hello Algernon." The little white mouse 

blinked open his eyes to see two big men staring at 

him. He jumped back and scurried around in 

circles, looking for an escape. "He looks to be 

okay." Said the man Algernon recognized as Dr. 

Strauss. "He should be, he's been in and out of 

consciousness for over a week now. I think he's 

ready to meet Charlie." The other doctor said. "But 

Dr. Nemur," Dr. Struass replied "he may not have 

had time to reach full intelligence yet." "He's fine" 

snapped Dr. Nemur as he grabbed Algernon. 

    "Hello Charlie." Dr. Nemur greeted as he 

walked into the room. "We have someone for 

you to meet." After a few minutes of Charlie 

petting the mouse Algernon was shoved into a 

box with winding walls filled with the scent of 

cheese. Algernon quickly navigated the 

pathways and soon found the cheese. Algernon 

was then put back in his cage for the night to 

reflect on his new found intelligence. 

    The next morning he had to navigate the 

maze again. This went on for a few weeks and 

everyday Charlie would come and pet him. The 

first few weeks Charlie would tell Algernon how 

he wasn't mad at Algernon for beating him but 

soon Charlie would boast about winning. One 

day, Charlie came to boast to Algernon but 

Algernon was feeling particularly irritable. When 

Charlie picked him up, Algernon bit him and 

scurried back into his house. Things went down 

hill from there.    

   Algernon woke up every morning to feel very 

sick. Charlie would come to see Algernon with 

a concerned look on his face and no longer 

picked him up but just talked to him. Scientists 

spoke in hushed voices as they poked and 

prodded him, trying to find out what was 

wrong. 

    Algernon was starting to get very skinny. A 

scientist put some cheese a few paces away 

from where he was laying to see if he could get 

to it. Algernon slowly rose up, like an old 

mouse twice his age, and shuffled towards the 

cheese. He tripped and bounced into the wall a 

few times and finally gave up and collapsed on 

the floor in a small heap. The scientist pushed 

to cheese closer to him but by now Algernon 

was to tired to even reach up and eat it. 

    Charlie now sat by Algernon's cage for a 

good portion of the day, taking notes and 

murmuring softly to himself. The scientists now 

looked at him with fascination but also pity. 

They knew the whatever was happening to 

Algernon was likely to happen to him. Algernon 

was getting to weak to even open his eyes for 

more than a short while during the day. He 

breathed slowly and didn't respond to any 

medicine. Algernon knew he was dieing. 

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