Swallow your scream and hope the rat doesn't hurt you
From Create Your Own Story
You swallow your scream. The rat darts forward. Its whiskers twitch. It is headed straight for your fingers.
'No!'
You leap up, spinning around, losing your balance on the slippery stones. Your hands wave frantically in the air. Charmaine catches you before you toppled over. But your fingers have released their grip on the torch.
You see it falling.
Eeeeep! Eeeeep!
It is the rat, charging across the stones like a grey flash of lightning, rearing up on his hind legs, as the torch dropped neatly onto its front paws.
Eeeeep!
The rat scuttles to where Charmaine and you stand, transfixed. It gently places the torch at your feet. Its shiny eyes blink at you.
Charmaine nudges you.
"You-you should say thank you," she whispers.
You look at her. Then at the rat.
She's gotta be kidding you.
