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A day had passed since the battle for the museum. Larry returned to work through the spinning doors for his fourth night. It was just before sunset so he wandered the halls. He passed the Huns, Columbus, and finally came upon the Easter Island head. He looked at it; tall, nearly double his own height and carved of worn stone. Larry read the plaque to the left of the head. It described that he was a Moai from the island of Rapa Nui, the traditional name for Easter Island. Larry was suddenly curious whether the head preferred to be called Moai or just "the Easter Island head". Then again, it was a piece of stone, carved by some people a thousand years ago on an island in the Pacific; could it really have preferences?

Larry's fourth night proceeded without fault. Everyone at the museum was satisfied after their liberation from the previous night guards, and they all seemed to quite like Larry. Midway through the night,

Larry heard a booming "DUMB DUMB" echo through the east hall.

He turned to his left and headed toward the stone head calling to him.

"Dumb dumb, want, gum gum." he said calmly, but with recognizable intensity.

Larry sighed and reached into the inside pocket of his uniform and unveiled a pack of double bubble. He unsheathed the pink roll from its plastic cover and placed it on the cold, waiting tongue. The mouth chomped down hard with a strike like a rockslide.

The head uttered a loud "mmm" as Larry turned to walk away; he mumbled to himself, "do you ever eat anything else?" 

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