The saying, “ as cunning as a rat,” is proverbial, and that it is correct a Wellington resident had ocular proof* last week-end. Hearing a disturbance in his fowl run, he went to ascertain the cause. To his surprise he saw two rats, one lying on its back with an egg between his forepaws, and a larger rat standing on its hind legs, dragging its mate along the ground towards a hole in the yard. The fowl owner had blamed small boys for his poor return of eggs, but he now knows how his fowl house had been “ ratted.”
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 279, 14 March 1929, Page 2
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98Untitled Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 279, 14 March 1929, Page 2
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