After Len was taken to hospital in the helicopter, they all stood quietly feeling completely useless. The police helicopter above them broke the silence, "we can not see any sign of anybody", "that's it then, lets just make the area safe and go home". But was it trickery, a magician, or a metal shell full of wires?? The men put up barricades and chains with danger signs on.
The land became silent once again, a hedgehog moved underneath the blackberry bush, the spider building its web above him and little mouse running about happily. A Jackdaw flew overhead, it then swooped down and landed near the bushes looking for insects. Magpies were singing, perched on the oak, the wildlife enjoying normality.
The police officers and council Workers all had a long weekend to get over what had happened. The Town council, planning department and Police departments had spent their time going through what had happened and what the next course of action would include. It was decided to keep the Oak barricaded and left alone. They still were intent on building the road, so needed hedges digging up, as before.
Once again the rumble of machinery was near the Oak , it started twitching, all the birds flew at once. A JCB started to dig, mice ran, but a rat stood tall, then ran, across the earth at full speed like it should have been in the Olympics, up and over the bucket, then it went on to the drivers cab and in. The diver shouted in terror , he punched, wafted his arms about like a fairy trying to get the rat away from his personal space, failing perfectly. Rats have good healthy teeth all the better to bite him, hard with. Some of the rat family came to join in, bite, bite, blood was soon spurting out, the man was screaming out for help. Rats work best in groups.
Someone noticed the JCB had stopped moving and walked over to investigate, but what he saw he sincerely wished he hadn't. Man was slumped over in the cab, face and arms bleeding badly a rat sitting on his back with blood dripping from its mouth. More rats started to appear from around the machine, "help, help" he ran shouting petrified. A worker responded to him looking concerned, "they are eating him", "the Rats", Help", He looked more concerned, it made no sense , he told him to slow down and explain. The story he told was like a horror film, he did not believe it.
Others came over to see what all the fuss was about, they too didn't believe his story, but at least they had the common sense to look. Rats were now the owners of the JCB, they stood in it, on it, under it, the driver had fell out of it, Rats definitely looking like the winners. The group of men stood shocked, one chucked up his breakfast, another began to prey, another ran away like a baby girl, is he dead? what to do? Will this nonsense end?
