Surprising Heroes

There are some very interesting stories that you would never believe.  Here are two stories that will hopefully change people’s minds about rats. 

 

Normally people don’t think rats as heroes. Actually, rats have a bad reputation because they usually live and roam in dirty places. 

The first story is from Stuttgart, Germany. One night Birgit Steich and her family were asleep in their home when two burglars broke in. Their pet rat, Gerd, was behind the book case and when it saw the burglars, it jumped and 

landed with all four feet and sharp teeth on the face of one burglar. After Gerd scared and knocked the first burglar, he jumped on the other burglar’s leg and bit him hard on the leg. The family woke up because of all the screaming and immediately called the police. When the police arrived, they discovered that these two burglars were wanted for many other burglaries. The police arrested them.

 

The second story is from Devon, England. The Gumbley family was asleep in their home when Fido, an eight-month-old pet rat, smelled smoke in the middle of the night. Instead of running outside to safety, the rat went straight to nine- year-old Megan’s room. It started scratching the door until she woke up and realised that the house was on fire. Megan went to her parents’ bedroom, woke them up and everyone managed to get out safely. Fido got a big piece of cheese for being a hero!