The Seven Rats

Once, not too long ago, there was a man and wife with seven sons. One day Howard (the father) said to his wife, "We have seven sons but not one daughter, I want a daughter". When he got his wish Howard named the child Candy. One day Howard sent the sons to get baby food. When the sons got to the store there was no baby food left. "What will we do", asked the youngest brother, "We can't return home without baby food". "Don't fret", said the oldest, "We will think of something". Meanwhile back at home the father was furious. "I bet they decided to go and have fun", he said, "They make me furious! BAHUMBUG"! At that moment seven rats ran by his feet. What a coincidence he thought before realizing that he had turned his sons into rats.
For the next few years they decided to raise Candy as an only child. By the time she was twelve she had seen photos of her brothers. "Dad", she said one day, "Who are these people and what happened to them"? "Well", he began to answer, "they are your brothers and they were turned into rats". "Odd", was her response. Candy acted weird for the rest of the week until one day she said, "I want to go and find my brothers. Where are they"? "I do not know Candy, how about I pack you a lunch and you go look for them", said her mother. "Sure", Candy replied.
After many hours of searching Candy came across Starbucks. As soon as she looked closer she realized that thousands of people were trapped in there, lured in by pumpkin spice coffee. Candy ran as fast as she could until she came to another building, H-E-B. She had heard stories of people who went in there and were never seen again. Thinking this she ran again until she found another building, GameStop. Candy entered knowing this store was safe. She looked at the games for a while then bought one. The cashier also gave her a free golden cookie. "Be warned", he said. Candy set off again to look for her brothers. She sat down for lunch and ate both her sandwich and the golden cookie. She got up and headed home to look in the attic as rats lived in there. When she pulled the stairs down an odd looking key fell out. She thought nothing of it and kicked it down the hallway. She climbed up and came to a door with a sign which read: THOSE WITHOUT THE GOLDEN COOKIE MAY NOT ENTER. Candy ran down the attic stairs and grabbed the weird key instead. She climbed the stairs again and tried unlocking the door with the key. With some kicking and pounding she managed to simply break the entire door down. Inside a small cat looked at her. "You had the key in upside down", he said in a flat tone. "Do you have the golden cookie"? Candy's face went red as she picked up a piece of cheese to eat, "No, I ate it but-" Candy was cut off by seven rats running around the corner. "Dear sister dear sister", they said in unison and upon seeing her they all turned back into humans. Candy danced and danced until she jumped onto a loose floorboard and fell through the floor of the attic. Downstairs Howard and his wife were eating but when the heard the commotion they ran upstairs to find seven boys, a cat, a girl surrounded by rubble, and a hole in the ceiling. "What happened", said the father. "I found my brothers", said Candy eating more cheese that had fallen down with her, "And I promise not to eat so much all the time.
After they had cleaned up the mess they continued lunch and scheduled an appointment with their pediatrician as living in the attic was unsanitary. The brothers were given a later curfew and allowed cell phones so that their father would know if the store was out of something. Their father learned to have patience and Candy learned not eat everything she came in contact with.