Words in Hand

Edinburgh BSL Research Project

Fourteen rats and a rat-catcher - Maureen

Tags: Maureen, children's story, "Fourteen rats and a ratcatcher",

Long, long ago there was an old woman who lived in a house, a beautiful house, a cottage. And all around the Cottage were lots of trees. And the woman would stand outside watching the world go by and enjoying the fresh air.

But underneath the floorboards of the house there were a lot of rats scurrying around. Yes, the rats were milling around, they were lovely, fourteen of them. And there was one large, important looking rat with light brown fur. And they would talk around the fire and enjoy themselves and food was nailed to the rafters. Whereas up above, there was a nasty old woman who was always moaning and shouting at them. They were sick of her!



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