RATS

 

RATS- TRUE STORY HAPPENED IN THE USA 1876

AN American paper vouches for the truth of the following story, respecting some rats. A young rat had fallen into a pail of pig wash. Six friends or relatives of the little rat saw what had happened and appeared to held a consultation as to the best means of extricating the infant rat. So earnest were their deliberations, that they entively ignored the presence, who were watching their proceedings with deep interest. The rats quickly decided on an ingenious scheme, which they at carried into effect. Entwining their feet together, the six rats formed a chain over the edge of the the pail;the foremost rat, supposed to be the mother, tenderly grasped the drowning little rat in her arms, and both were drawn out on the floor. The end the story is sad. The infant rat was, on examination, by its rescuers found to be dead. After gazing it for some moments the six elderly rats seemed wipe the tears from their eyes with their fore-paws, and then departed, without making any attempt restore the little one to life.  

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Chatterbox 1877