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   Joshua watched the little girl sing to herself, his shoulder leaning against the door frame.

   He tensed and felt a surge of nausea when he heard what she was singing as she watched the rain patter against the window:

   "Hickory dickory dock,

   mankind is on the clock.


   I greatly fear

   the end is near,

   hickory dickory dock."


   And then, as if on cue, the earthquakes started.



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QUICK NOTE: THE NURSERY RHYME BELONGS TO ALICIA VANNOY CALL, THE ILLUSTATOR OF APOCALYPTIC NURSERY RHYMES.

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