The Wild Cats of Piran by Scott Alexander Young

Author:Scott Alexander Young [Young, Scott Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9900043-1-8
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Published: 2015-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

SUFFICE IT TO SAY, AMONG ALL THE POTENTIAL DANGERS faced by the wild cats of Piran, including the maître d’ and that nasty hoodlum Fisko, there was one that they would ignore at their peril. That danger, of course, was the rats of Piran. And where, you might ask, were they? Well, the answer to that is that they were everywhere.

Dozens, nay, hundreds of wild rats slept in underground burrows they had dug themselves in the hills above Piran. Some were next to villas like the one Fisko lived in. Some stowed away in fishing boats and lived an adventurous-sounding life going from port to port, with Piran as their base. Not that many of them would have identified their lives as adventurous, or exciting, or boring, or anything else. Their ability to reflect on such matters was very limited indeed.

Human scientific opinion suggests that rats are one of the most intelligent species in the animal realm. But that’s because few human scientists have ever engaged a rat in conversation. Were they to do so, they might realize that rats are actually very dull creatures indeed. A typical example of rat social intercourse might run something like this:

RAT 1 “I want that bit of lettuce.”

RAT 2 “I want that bit of lettuce.”

RAT 1 “No, I want that bit of lettuce.”

RAT 3 “I want a bit of that lettuce, too.”

RAT 1 “I want a bit of that lettuce.”

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