Rat Catching From the Rats’ Perspective

Billy and I were having fun and scampering around a meadow when we went

just a smidge too far and came out of the meadow. A magnificent sight stood in

front of us. A massive building with so many windows.

“George, you can smell it right?” Billy asked.

“Of course I can!” I responded. There was a godly smell wafting through the

air. I smelled lemon, chocolate, vanilla, and so many other things. “C’mon, let’s go in

and look for food!” I exclaimed with excitement.

“Alright! Hurry up already.” Billy yelled at me.

We found a drainpipe in the ground near the giant house. We crawled in and

just followed the smells until there was a hole above us. We climbed out to see so

much food! Billy immediately went for the scones and I went for the cookies. “This is

soooo good, I could stay all night!” Billy remarked.

“Right, but there’s gonna be even better food down the hall,” I said. Billy

nodded, and we both ran out of the room and down the hallways. We smelled food

in the next room and ran under the door, into the room. We quietly crawled around,

when BAM! Something huge grabbed both of us and lifted us what felt like 100 feet

in the air. Billy squirmed in absolute terror, screaming “I don’t want to die!” Please!”

I then decided to twist around and bite the thing that was holding me, but

the grip tightened. Now I was well and truly frightened. I started wriggling around

like crazy, looking for an opening. My anxiety skyrocketed, I felt like crying as I knew

this was it for me. I went still, accepting my fate and Billy stopped wriggling as well.
We stared and the ginormous, monstrous creature and waited. It carried us for what

felt like an eternity. Billy had started crying, and tears glistened on his fur. The giant

thing then walked outside and stopped for a moment. This is it, I’m going to die, at

least I’m dying on a full stomach, I thought. Then, without warning, the terrible

creature threw us across the yard extremely hard. I felt dazed and hopeless. Billy and

I looked up and braced, expecting to die, but the creature pointed at the woods and

yelled something we didn't understand. We took this as an opportunity to run. We

ran like never before. We had learned our lesson, never, ever, ever rob Biltmore

Estate of its food. Of course, we still stole and ate from other places.