Rat: The Story of a Rat

Episode 2: Rat's All Folks

October third, 1983 was a day like any other. The citizens of the small town of Ratmonshire upon Rat rose from their beds, went to their place of work or schooling, and came home again. No one expected that this ordinary, grey, humdrum day would be interrupted by a murder.

The Rat had just turned eighteen years old and was keen to prove himself in a human's world. His attempts to get a part time job in a bakery and a sword shop ended in dead ends and he was unable to secure a job in a rat poison factory for the obvious reason that he didn't have a master's degree. With his options dwindling and payments mounting up for his houseboat, the Rat answered an ad in the local paper looking for an unpaid personal assistant. Following up on the ad, the Rat found that it had been taken out by local celebrity newsman and freelance puppeteer, Benedict Townsend.

Six foot four and built like a bunch of walnuts in a sock, Townsend was an impressive and an imposing figure. It was during this time that the Rat decided to cook some Townsend's tax invoices, a fact that Mr Townsend was fully unaware of, although did choose to benefit from. Their time together was courteous but enjoyable for the Rat, but then, six months in, Mr Townsend asked the Rat to do something he had never done before.

Also, someone got murdered that day down the road, but it doesn't really factor into the story. But they did get murdered. But they like never even met the Rat so that was just like a whole other thing.

Next Time:

The Rat starts to get a taste for politics, Benedict is kicked out of the Mr Universe competeition for being over qualified and, in a small village in the Yorkshire coast, a little boy is born, by the name of Daniel Howell.