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Russia's Demise by Doctor Gum & Mice Novel
Russia's Demise by Doctor Gum & Mice Novel
Russia's Demise by Doctor Gum & Mice Novel
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Join Doctor Bob L Gum along with his significant other and learn what it means to do the deed and be more than just a mouse as he wishes himself from mortal man to mouse and back to man again and learns what it means to not just make a wish, but be the architect of one’s transformation and fine-tuning that brings about real change in this world.

To accomplish this he skirts around and dodges what some might consider illegal undertakings if he were human, but for a mouse he could be acquitted and exonerated for such maneuvers as there have not been laws written to cover such schemes by critters as he.

He and his sweetheart go on a whirlwind tour of South America and ultimately wind up in Africa where they embark on a mission of establishing communications with the animals and putting an end to the war in Ukraine and a resolution to global warming while there is still time. He does so with the blessing and a directive from the Lord God Almighty and the assistance of “Silo” Sam Arkansas Miller from a previous novel, “Call Me Sam”.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateJul 6, 2022
ISBN9781669835936
Russia's Demise by Doctor Gum & Mice Novel
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Charles E. Moore

Charles E. Moore is a member of the Bruderhof community. He writes for Plough Quarterly and has compiled and edited several acclaimed books, including Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People; Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard; Everyone Belongs to God: Discovering the Hidden Christ; and Bearing Witness: Stories of Martyrdom and Costly Discipleship.

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    Russia's Demise by Doctor Gum & Mice Novel - Charles E. Moore

    Copyright © 2022 by Charles E. Moore.

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    without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the

    product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance

    to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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    CONTENTS

    Chapter 1   Making Wishes

    Chapter 2   Home for Lunch

    Chapter 3   Bub L’s Birthday

    Chapter 4   The Mason Jar

    Chapter 5   Bakersfield Tower Restaurant and Club

    Chapter 6   What’s Good About Mice

    Chapter 7   If I Were a Mouse…

    Chapter 8   We Need Money

    Chapter 9   Funds for our Little Community

    Chapter 10   Glial Cells and Astrocytes

    Chapter 11   Encounter With the Black Rats

    Chapter 12   Our Future Generation of Mice

    Chapter 13   Requisition a Hot Air Balloon

    Chapter 14   Ask Malinda to Join Him

    Chapter 15   Blast Off

    Chapter 16   Alice in Search of Bub L

    Chapter 17   Cafes of Panama City

    Chapter 18   The Amazon River

    Chapter 19   Trek Through Chile

    Chapter 20   Next Comes Peru

    Chapter 21   On to Ecuador

    Chapter 22   Finally to Colombia

    Chapter 23   Nothing Like Cuba

    Chapter 24   Back-and-Forth Transformation from Man to Mouse

    Chapter 25   Joining the Cruise Ships

    Chapter 26   New Job on the Cruise Liner

    Chapter 27   What is NATO & Why Can’t Ukraine Join?

    Chapter 28   Cape Town, South Africa

    Chapter 29   Protecting Wild Life and War in Ukraine

    Chapter 30   Wishing to Communicate with Animals

    Chapter 31   Communicate with Silo Sam Miller

    Chapter 32   Sam & Karen Packing Up

    Chapter 33   All about Bears and Elephants

    Chapter 34   Biblical Truths About Animals

    Chapter 35   Communicating Telepathically

    Chapter 36   Surgical Procedure

    Chapter 37   Making Mice Invisible

    Chapter 38   Locating Silo Missile Sites

    Chapter 39   Phases of Operation

    Chapter 40   Attack the Oligarchs & Putin’s Palace

    Chapter 41   Flying Animals Drop Messages

    Chapter 42   Animals Fight Global Warming

    Epilogue

    CHAPTER 1

    Making Wishes

    I am certain we have all had moments when we simply want things to go our way. They are called wishes. If we were the home owner who recently installed an in-ground swimming pool and all the great accessories that go with it in their back yard, are hoping for a sunny weekend to entertain the neighbors with their new pool. But in the country just a few miles to the east a farmer who has tilled up the soil in his field and planted some fresh seeds is praying for much-needed rain for his crops.

    Seems like these two are at odds in their wish lists. But isn’t that the way with life. We never seem to have enough of what we want or someone else seems to have more than their share of what we wish we had. I wish I had what they had or maybe they should have the problems I have and let me have some of their stuff for me so, I could have theirs. Isn’t that partly what they call jealousy?

    Wishes may never actually happen. Hope is based on what is possible. I think this is a very important point to clarify as the words wish and hope sometimes get confused and are taken to mean the same, when they are truly much different. To wish is to feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen, according to the Oxford Dictionary. But to hope is defined as a desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it or a belief it is obtainable by Webster’s Dictionary. Make no mistake, that what I am speaking here are wishes. What you expect and what you believe matter when you think about your resolutions.

    And Jesus told His followers, With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible (Matthew 19:26, New American Standard Bible). I suppose whether it is a wish or a hope, we might assume all things are possible through Christ. Now back to my story.

    *       *       *

    My name is Doctor Bub L Gum. Just so you know, the Bub L is pronounced Bubble, like in Double Bubble Gum. And just so you know, I am not a real doctor. My parents, for whatever reason, gave me that as a first name. Maybe they were secretly hoping I would someday grow up to become a real doctor. But what I grew up to become was a salesman. I am one of several salesmen working for ‘Honest Bob Ford’s Almost New Dealership’ car lot and service center in Bakersfield, Missouri. I am telling you that up front as I believe it makes me somewhat of an expert on wishes and how to go about getting them fulfilled. If there is anyone who overuses the wish list phraseology, that’s me. I will give you just a few examples of my daily routine. For starters, I wish my parents had not given the first name of doctor or the two middle names of Bub and capital letter L followed by my last name of Gum. What parent does that to their child. Was it out of pure spite? Also, were they in hopes I would actually one day become a physician of some sort? A real doctor. But then again as I got older the first name of doctor came in quite handy in certain situations. I will let you figure that one out.

    I wish I could sell more cars than the next guy, so, that my income would be greater than his. I wish that I didn’t have to work weekends. I wish there was not so much dew on the cars so, I didn’t have to clean off all the windshields. I wish not all the customers would come in at the same time. I wish no customers would come in right at closing time when I was wanting to go home. I could keep on going, don’t you see. That is because I am ‘Big Bob’s’ best wish salesman. It’s what I do best.

    Also, I have a birthday coming up next week. The big Five-O. So, I am wanting to do something kind of special. Like invite all the sales staff, crew from the maintenance shop, neighbors and of course the family. My thinking will be to have everyone bring a gift like they would for a wedding. I plan to make a ‘WISH’ list much like one would make a gift list for individuals to pick gifts from for a wedding. This way the couple doesn’t wind up with 5 or 10 salt and pepper shakers. Once someone picks the one off the list, that item is filled. The same would apply to my ‘WISH’ list. Once a ‘WISH’ is selected and filled, it cannot be repeated. There would be slips of paper with ‘Wishes’ on them of my choosing. I will have them in a jar on my desk at the dealership for individuals to select from.

    Bub L or the Doctor as I am sometimes called, announces the following to my fellow employees at their weekly meeting as they are having coffee and donuts. "I don’t want anyone purchasing tangible gifts for me of things I don’t need or want. I want ‘WISHes’ fulfilled by my friends and family. Here is an example of one of the wishes someone might select to give me along with a birthday card:"

    Finding a stray eyelash is an opportunity to make a wish.

    A 6-year-old girl may wish on every loose lash she finds, but probably doesn’t really expect she’ll wake up the next morning to find a pony stationed outside. Her mother, even though she’s well into her 30s, wishes on loose eyelashes, too. She doesn’t really believe that her wish will result in a work promotion or lottery jackpot, but figures an occasional try can’t hurt. After all, she’s been making wishes on eyelashes as long as she can remember, and deep down, she thinks making wishes wards off bad luck. So, Bub L, makes a wish!

    The jar is filled with one of a kind wishes for you to select from. This is but one example of a wish you could give me as a gift. Then it will be up to me to make a wish and keep it a secret in order for it to become authentic.

    One of the guys from the paint shop shouts out the following. Can you read us another wish so we can have another idea of what kind of other wishes are in the jar?

    Sure. I would be glad to. Here are a couple more:

    Eat turkey more often. Not only is it a great source of protein, but it comes with a wishbone (if you get the whole bird that is). After the wishbone dries, ask a friend or family member to play tug-of-war with that wishbone. The bone will break and if you get the longer piece, your wish will be realized.

    Or try this…

    In order to make a real wish come true, you need to wish at the right time. One of the best times to wish is when your mind is clear and relaxed. Called hypnagogic, this unique state of mind occurs right before you fall asleep. Think about your wish when you’re in bed for the night. Visualize your wish as specifically as possible. Build a mental picture in your mind of what your fulfilled wish would look and feel like. Try to fall asleep while holding onto that mental image. With practice, your wish can come true overnight.

    "Each time, you can see, nothing will be required of you but to purchase a birthday card and insert the ‘WISH’ in the card as your one-of-a-kind gift. n on feeding us?

    I was hoping everyone could get to our house about 6:00 Saturday. Alice plans for me to have hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill and she plots to make me an angel food cake with strawberry icing and homemade ice cream. We have a special guest coming over too. Jim Comes-well. He is our local Sorcerer and next-door neighbor who should be quite entertaining. Just remember. No gifts. Only birthday cards and your selected wishes from the jar.

    I hope you all will join me on my birthday and realize while our wishes are often small and are but a wish, they can also be big and fantastical. Have you ever wished you won the lottery? How about wishing for a new car? Some people wish they were famous or had superhuman powers. Well, neither are what I want for me, since these are my wishes. After all. What would I do with superhuman powers? And I have all the cars to drive I need.

    Wishes can also be very personal and important to the innermost parts of who we are. Have you ever wished that your one true love would come your way? If you find yourself fighting a life-threatening illness, your greatest wish may be for your health to be restored. Again, I seem to be in pretty good health. So, fighting a life-threatening illness is not something I need to wish for.

    Just how did we start making wishes on birthday candles, as we will on my special day or shooting stars, and eyelashes, though? These are just a few of the superstitions that exist related to making wishes. Let’s take a closer look at how a few of these got their start.

    Some historians believe we can thank the ancient Greeks for making wishes as we blow out birthday candles. Their belief that smoke from the candles carried prayers to the gods may have been the origin of making wishes when we blow out the candles on our birthday cakes.

    And some of you might be wishing you had better memories. Did you know chewing bubble gum (which is part of my name) can improve your memory? Chewing gum (specifically bubble gum) during the workday was associated with higher productivity and fewer cognitive problems, raised cortisol levels in the morning, and did not affect heart rate. The results emphasize that chewing gum can attenuate reductions in alertness, suggesting that chewing gum enhances worker performance. Bet you didn’t know that?

    Likewise, ancient writer and astronomer Ptolemy believed that shooting stars occurred when the gods were looking down upon us from above. Wishing upon a shooting star was the best way to make sure the gods heard your wish while they were paying attention. In reality, they were not shooting stars. I am not certain what they were, but that is what we call them today.

    Wishing on eyelashes, like the example given above, has been traced back to mid-19th-century folklore in Shropshire, England. Another piece of ancient folklore — from Ireland — holds that catching the mythical leprechaun will lead to him granting you three wishes.

    "Those aren’t the only superstitions related to making wishes. You’ll also find people making wishes on dandelions, wishbones, ladybugs, and times of the day (such as 11:11), wishing wells, and even the first star they see at night (thanks to the late-19th-century nursery rhyme). You know the one that says, ‘I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish, I wish tonight.’"

    Do wishes ever come true? Of course, they do! However, whether a wish comes true or not doesn’t have anything to do with birthday candles, shooting stars, or eyelashes. Sometimes it’s just chance. Other fulfilled wishes might be the result of simple hard work. Still other wishes might come to fruition as a result of kind-hearted people.

    And at this point honest Bob speaks up and resonates by stating, "Speaking of hard work, I think it’s time for all of us to get to work and sell some cars on Honest ‘Bob Fords Almost New Dealership’ car lot and service center. We thank the Doctor for his invitation to his house this coming Saturday. Don’t forget to stop by his desk and pick up one of the ‘Wishes’ from his jar. I think that is a very clever idea for bringing a gift to a party for a man who has everything."

    One thing you will have to give honest Bob credit for is he’s clever. And with that he approaches me and says, "With your gift of gab and how well you get along with the other sales salesmen, you may very well, be our next ‘Sales Manager’ here at Honest Bob’s’." But of course, with compliments like that from the owner one hardly knows how to take them. Is he really serious or trying to inflate my ego in an effort to get me to sell more cars and accessories to ingratiate his overall profitability? I have been here for ten years and have yet to be promoted beyond that of peon sales-person. But at least I do have a steady income and health insurance, not to mention free transportation to-and-from work. Maybe I could use up one of my birthdays wishes to become the next ‘Sales Manager’. I realize I just said it was a superstition, but what the heck, it can’t hurt to try. And since I can’t share my secret with anyone, no one will be the wiser.

    Today I think I will treat myself to a convertible Ford Mustang to drive about town. It’s not my birthday, but like I said, it’s one of the perks here at Bob’s’. And if someone sees me driving this beauty, it might entice them in wanting to buy it from me when they see how cool and magnificent I look in such a sizzling hot car. Already I have had several women stop and inquire about the car and where they might see and take a test drive in it. So, I handed them one of my business cards and suggested they see me. Obviously, I want to be certain and receive the commission on any possible sales.

    While I was out, I stopped by the Bakersfield Pet Store’ for a gaze at some of their recent pet shipments. I was particularly intrigued by their supply of Muridae Mice, that happen to be the largest rodent family, indeed the largest of all mammalian families, encompassing more than 1,383 species of the true mice and rats. Two-thirds of all rodent species and genera belong to family Muridae. The members of this family are often collectively called murids rodents.

    The label on their cage indicates the following information:

    The 300 genera of muroid rodents are classified within 18 subfamilies, but more than 200 of them (and nearly 1,000 species) belong to only two subfamilies—Sigmodontinae (New World rats and mice) and Murinae (Old World rats and mice). Two other subfamilies (Arvicolinae and Gerbillinae) include approximately 250 additional species, with the remaining 14 subfamilies accommodating various other genera, some of which consist of a single species.

    I stop and look at one piece of information I find most interesting. I was not aware many subfamilies, including hamsters, were formerly considered as part of a family separate from Muridae, but these groups are now most often viewed as murid subfamilies. Inclusion of these subfamilies emphasizes their closer evolutionary relationships to one another than to any other group of rodents, but such affinity could also be expressed by recognizing each as a separate family and then bringing them together within a larger category, the superfamily Muroidea. Who would have thought mice could be so interesting.

    But of course, the last thing in the world I need is a pet mouse, no matter how

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