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Chapter 24

           "

           OnlyonewordregisteredwithArthur.

           "Mice?"hesaid.

           "IndeedEarthman."

           "Look,sorry—arewetalkingaboutthelittlewhitefurrythingswiththecheesefixationandwomenstandingontablesscreaminginearlysixtiessitcoms?"

           Slartibartfastcoughedpolitely.

           "Earthman,"hesaid,"itissometimeshardtofollowyourmodeofspeech.RememberIhavebeenasleepinsidethisplanetofMagratheaforfivemillionyearsandknowlittleoftheseearlysixtiessitcomsofwhichyouspeak.Thesecreaturesyoucallmice,yousee,theyarenotquiteastheyappear.Theyaremerelytheprotrusionintoourdimensionofvasthyperintelligentpan-dimensionalbeings.Thewholebusinesswiththecheeseandthesqueakingisjustafront."

           Theoldmanpaused,andwithasympatheticfrowncontinued.

           "They’vebeenexperimentingonyouI’mafraid."

           Arthurthoughtaboutthisforasecond,andthenhisfacecleared.

           "Ahno,"hesaid,"Iseethesourceofthemisunderstandingnow.No,lookyousee,whathappenedwasthatweusedtodoexperimentsonthem.Theywereoftenusedinbehaviouralresearch,Pavlovandallthatsortofstuff.Sowhathappenedwasthatthemicewouldbesetallsortsoftests,learningtoringbells,runaroundmazesandthingssothatthewholenatureofthelearningprocesscouldbeexamined.Fromourobservationsoftheirbehaviourwewereabletolearnallsortsofthingsaboutourown…"

           Arthur’svoicetailedoff.

           "Suchsubtlety…"saidSlartibartfast,"onehastoadmireit."

           "What?"saidArthur.

           "Howbettertodisguisetheirrealnatures,andhowbettertoguideyourthinking

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