the revenge of the rat

our house is under renovation. things are scattered everywhere. boxes are piled up. and without you knowing it, things start vanishing. that's RAT HAVEN.

and THAT is what happened to us.

a bagel went missing. everyone remembered it to be on the table. the last bagel, to be eaten by either my sister or my dad, was gone.

one of my sister's socks was not on the floor. it's become my sister's habit to take off her socks and leave it at the side of the door whenever she comes home. the helpers usually get the pile of clothes there either before they go to sleep or early in the morning. my mom noticed that one of my sister's socks was left on the floor. she assumed that maybe the helper dropped the sock when she took the laundry out.

same situation goes for my sister's "sapin" (towel).

noises were heard during the night. boxes seemed to make noises on their own. and there was clattering behind the kitchen stove.

our helpers pulled the stove out a while ago. and what do you know? the bread, bagel, sock, towel, and a lot more things were behind that stove. not to mention that these things had the honor of being blessed with rat's pooh.

unfortunately, i was at work. and so, i couldn't witness the revealing-of-stolen-stuff first hand.

really, now. how can a rat as cute as the one in ratatouille be as irritating as the rat in the house? you get this quirky feeling of wanting to throw up and get the hell out of the place whenever you see a rat.

based from wikipedia:

"Rats are various medium sized rodents. Rats are sociable, intelligent animals and can be trained to use a litter box, come when called, and perform a variety of tricks. Rats, like all mammals, are edible by humans and are sometimes captured and eaten in emergency situations. A rat has an average life span of 2-3 years."

rodents - i agree.
medium sized - i would say the size varies (i'd say the rat here would be XL).
sociable - to fellow rats?
intelligent - i'd have to agree.
come when called - why doesn't the rat here do that?!
perform a variety of tricks - specialty: the vanishing act
edible by humans - come again?! it's really new to me that some people actually eat rats. *shudder* but then again, maybe rats are eaten only during emergency situations. ugh.
A RAT HAS A LIFE SPAN OF 2-3 YEARS. - can't they cut it down to 2 weeks? 2 days? :D

if you believe in karma, you think it'd be possible that you were a rat in your previous life?