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Mice like to eat freshly fried hot cakes.He stacked it in several slices on a deep plate, cut it neatly into quarters with a knife, and poured a bottle of Coca-Cola over it. The first time I went to Mouse's, he was unrolling the table in the mellow May sun, pouring the uninspiring food into his stomach. The advantage of this food, the mouse said to me, is that food and drink are all in one. In the wide, lushly wooded courtyard, wild birds of all colors gather, desperately pecking at the white popcorn scattered across the grass.