Caged Animal

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I'm a caged animal. I am a pet and every night my owners lock me in a cage when they go to bed. I wasn't allowed to make a sound. I just had to obey my masters and sleep in the cage. Sometimes I would hear sounds so I would make noises so they would hear me. They would just yell at me to shut up. It's cramped in this cage and I am scared.
  The next morning, my masters came down stairs. I shook the cage in excitement. I wanted to stretch out my body and run away to be free again.
"Can I get out of the cage now?" I asked them, wide eyed.
  "No, you belong to us now,"
  "But I want my freedom again...." I whimpered.
  "You're not allowed to be human. You're our caged animal. My wife has been wanting a pet for a while now..."

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