Rats Last Day!

I'm getting a rat! The wheel was under the tree. I'm naming it Nicodemus Cluny (The last name will be decided based on what he looks like).  Nicodemus is the leader of the Rats of NYMH from the book by that name. Cluny for Cluny the Scourge in Redwall. I will update my blog when I get him.

Rats Day Three

Merry Christmas Eve! Today I shall tell you half of the Christmas story I told my brother last night to get him to go to sleep.

A pile of the filthiest disgusting trash sits out in the snow. It is unseeable under the giant hoard of rats swarming over it. One rat stars apart, however. This rat is different. This rat has been thrown out to the snow. It used to be a pet but now it is nothing but vermin. It shivers and looks for warmth. Fortune is with him as he looks above. A pillar of smoke rises from a chimney. The rat shimmies up the drainpipe  and scurries onto the roof to the chimney. It finds a place where a brick went missing and curls up there.
       After a long sleep the rat is waken up both by noise and pains of hunger. Huge beasts are with him on the roof and a large human is in his chimney. The rat ignores this. He sees exquisite cheese and chocolate waiting for him on a huge red thing. He runs up to it, eats his fill and falls asleep to waken up colder than before.

It's not the greatest but it's ok.

For some reason I have gotten 4 german viewers from this past week out of 13 from almost three years. Do you like rats or something? I have not gotten any other views, bedsides you and the U.S.

Rats Day Two

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It's day two of Rats meaning that I have not received a Rat, so that's sad. I will do this for 3,650 days if I need to! Although by then I will be able to get a rat without convincing my parents. Ok, back to the blog.

2 Issues people have with Rats

1. Tails. Many say they would like rats if it wasn't for the tail. Don't judge a book by it's cover!

2. They spread the plague. Actually the fleas did. Even though the rats, after getting it from the fleas, helped spread it, so did dogs, cats and anything the fleas bit. Are you going to get rid of Rover now?

I can not think of other reasons but now I will give you the reasons I want a rat.

Why I Want a Rat

1. They are cute. This may surprise all you rat haters, but I think rats are adorable and I looked at the filthiest rats on the internet. This may not be a good argument however. I thought those things in the new Star Wars movie were adorable. (Sorry for the horrible spoiler. By saying that things are in the Star Wars movie must ruin it. You shouldn't even watch it now. At least I didn't tell you that blank blank blanks.) I thought that dog that chased me a few weeks ago was adorable. I thought the gremlins were adorable when they were evil demon things! 

2. They are smart. Rats can navigate mazes, learn to operate devices and do many other experiments. Look up smart rats and you will be amazed. Read Rats of NIMH. I know that's fictional but still.

3. They are good companions. Scientists did an experiment on rats in which they put one rat in a tube only unlock able from the outside and put another rat outside the tube. That rat was free. Every time it freed the trapped rat. Even when it had the option of getting chocolate instead it usually freed the rat instead of hoarding the candy. They are social and they love companionship, even with humans.

I have more reasons for later days, un;less I get a rat tomorrow although I will probably get it about ten days after Christmas for classified reasons if at all.

Rats Day One

I want a Rat, for Christmas. I am aware many do not like rats. Therefore this series will be partially about proving these myths wrong. Today I will be disussing the one main issue people have with rats.

"They are Filthy Vermin"

Being a Redwall finatic, I can not argue with you or anyone about that however those rats ARE filthy vermin. I am talking about pet rats here. The white one is an albino fancy rat. My dad said the rat (Socrates) he had as a kid looked like it. I looked up sewer rat AND filthy rat on the internet. The selection I got was fake rats as in drawings and photoshop, dead split open rats, and rats like that guy down there. Personally I think he or she is adorable but others might think differently. 

            Anyway, rats clean themselves just as much if not more as cats. They also push the soiled bedding to another side of the cage. They do as much as they can to keep them and thier surroundings clean. Do you? 

           The reason people think all rats are filthy vermin is because wild rats take advantage of mankind by living in manmade areas, such as sewers and landfills.  That's it for today's rant but I'll be getting back to you with more info until I have a rat of my own named Nicodemus Cluny (His last name will be determined like a warrior or redwall vermin name, through his characteristics).