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"Do you think I should tell the rest of them," she said, "that we have elephants living in the walls of our house?"

The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman

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G- No I don't remember how many were finally pulled out of our walls. But I believe there were possums, raccoons, squirrels, and maybe a skunk or two.

But luckily none of them came through the walls and into the house, cause then you know what they say.....

....then it's all over.

And we all would have had to sleep in my old broken down Honda.