Family Ties

Some rats have been trying very hard to get inside our home. They’ve chewed through exhaust fans to enter… Littered our platform! We have a daily bulletin so every family member is up-to-date on this rat business. My sister and I are in an argument about who, Ratan Singh, the rat, should befriend. My mother laughs at us, in relief, like parents do when they learn their children are mostly good. None of us consider killing the rats. There’s too much death going around so we’ve refused to lengthen the laundry list. We don’t know whether Ratan Singh’s alone or has a posse, but we’re more confident about the latter, we like to believe, he had help, as he worked relentlessly on that exhaust fan. Last night, we offered a piece of bread, then more food, once it was fully eaten.