eek a rat!

i abhor rats with passion, they make me feel extremely extremely disgusted. they also make me literally shudder with disgust and fear. i think it's something to do with their long naked tails, because i'm totally cool with hamsters, guinea pigs, and rabbits. i find them super cute, adorable, and lovable. the only rat i'm cool with are animated ones such as ratatouille, pinky, and the brain. ^_^

these rats are my homies



rat tails are not my homies



in 3rd grade i found out that the mere presence of a rat flusters me greatly. it was an afternoon after school. i was chilling at home playing mancala by myself. i was laying on the floor playing, suddenly i saw a rat strolling down the hallway in front of me. it took me awhile to process exactly what just happened. then i realized, OMFG there's a rat in the house. the rat was dark, dirty looking, and had that despicably long hard-looking tail...ugh. i ran over to my mom and yelled at her to do something. she's like calm down, the rat will go outside to it's home, so stop worrying girll. of course i didn't believe her cuz i was a skeptical and SMART kid. i couldn't stop thinking about the rat everyday, wondering where it was. i was scared to walk on the floor. i would tip toe and walk everywhere in the house, hoping that it would decrease my chance of stepping on where the rat has stepped on before. when i slept, i would tuck my blanket under me super tightly, scared that if i let the blanket hang off the side, the rat would brush its germs on the blanket or climb into bed to sleep with me.
but eventually after a long time i stopped thinking about the rat. from later encounterings with rats i found that i always become mentally and physically paralyzed when i see a rat.