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The Gaza Incident Part V

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The Mummy's curse

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Lee van Laer
May 18, 2024
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The Mummy’s Curse,

or,

DAMN that mummy,

or,

It’s Too Darned Hot. (Cole Porter)

You may well ask how I, Flaubert, managed to stuff myself into a mummy outfit and surreptitiously keep track of Jesus and Lucille for the remainder of the visit to Egypt.

Silly you.

I am a master of disguise, as every reader of my past future exploits well knows. Ask Tolstoy’s or …

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