Hark and listen, dear readers, for there risesA ship’s adventure with a tiny, deadly virus.For here is a tale of a small pest and a trip,Of danger lurking in dust from the rodent’s hip.Beyond the Four Corners’ desert scrub,The land of the running deer mouse and its cub,Here, there are pathogens, old and clever,Hidden under …
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