Every year Alice spent two weeks at her aunt's house. It was always at the end of summer, when she should have been enjoying the dying rays of freedom. Instead, she usually spent it weeding and mowing grass. Alice complained that the only reason her aunt and uncle wanted her around their old Victorian house was to use her as a maid.
One day, while trying to avoid housework, she decided to hide in her closet. While trying to find a comfortable place to sit in the dark, something heavy dropped onto her head. "OUCH!"
She crawled out of the closet and then peeked back in to see her assailant. On the floor of the closet was a huge ring of keys. She picked them up and wondered what door in the big house they would unlock....
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