This morning I got up before the sun. Mom had a class this morning so she was up too. We were drinking our coffee in the Kitchen when we noticed something strange. I noticed that Kelele (our dog) was looking up and I mean up. He was looking towards the roof and not towards me... I was so offended. Being curious I turned on an outside light to see what he was looking at. Mom said he must be looking at a lizard on the wall. He wasn't... as I looked I realized there was a rat on a gate outside just out of Kelele's reach. A Rat!!! Mom and I were astonished, shocked, and disgusted all at the same time. This posed a problem Mom wanted to start the laundry but she didn't want to pass the rat. I personally wanted to close all the doors and windows and prevent the rat from coming into the house. When Dad woke up he went out to investigate. By that time the rat had disappeared and even though we had both man and dog on the case nothing could be found.
I couldn't find a camera so I had to use my computer. In the black circle is the rat. Just so you get an idea of where it was.
By Emily Swain
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