The dead cat had a secret to tell. It was the secret that killed him in the first place. He had come upon it by chance, like all deadly secrets. One day while he was basking in the early morning sun he saw a man placing a sign on the fence. It said danger and had the picture of a lightning bolt. Nice trick thought the cat. How can the fence hide a thunderbolt? Until he climbed on it and saw his nine lives get jolted out of his body by 3500 watts.
Last night they discovered a human in the sewers, screamed the headline on Daily Vermin Times. Ed Rat paused to scan the headline and sipped his morning tea. He was in charge of the highly successful Human Extermination Programme. He came from the highly acclaimed family of rats that had unleashed Plague on the frail human race centuries ago. At that time rats used to be in the sewers and the humans used to be outside. Maybe they too had a Vermin Extermination Program. How ironic, thought Ed. We were destined to rule the world. We withstood their poison and laboratory tests. In fact, the tests made us stronger and resistant to the diseases. Now look at them hiding in sewers away from us, fearing us. The telephone rang. Ed woke with a start from his reverie. There must be something wrong, he thought. My room has shrunk, there are metal bars everywhere. It looks like a cell. I can see my cousins in another cell. They are all playing with something. What's this lump on my hand? What&#
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