The Day I Begged for a Rat

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Today I'm linking up to tell you a random story from my past for the "Just Because" link up with Lisette. 

When I was in the 4th grade our classroom had two class pets. They were two rats named Swoosh and Nike. They were super tame and cuddly and calm. I got the idea in my head that I wanted one more than anything. I begged and begged my parents for one. My mom could not stand the thought of it and said no. One morning my dad pulled me aside and said he was taking me to the pet store to get a rat. We picked one out and got all the necessary goodies for it. 
Seriously, whats up with the mouse fetish?

I had fun with it for about a day until I realized it was actually pretty ugly, scary, and not fun at all. The first time I let it out of its cage it ran rampant around the house until we finally caught it. From the day it was named "Speedy." I was terrified of it from that point on. My mom made me clean it's cage, replace it's food and water until the day he died. I feel awful saying this but I was so relieved when that day finally came. He kept growing larger and larger and half of his body swelled up like a balloon. He ended up dying choking on a peanut because of his huge swollen tumor-y body. Poor thing. 

I can only pray to the heavens that my children never beg me for a gross hairy little rodent. Sorry mom and dad!!



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16 comments:

  1. elle rae-marieFebruary 20, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    rats....worse than my guinea pig that "died."

    a girl wants what a girl wants...even if it is a rat!

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  2. Nikki February 20, 2013 at 10:46 AM

    haha this made me laugh out loud, while being terrifying all at the same time!

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  3. KateFebruary 20, 2013 at 10:56 AM

    i had a friend that had a rat named Chloe. it's tail was the most vile thing i had ever seen and i found myself constantly wanting to judge her for owning it. she cuddled Chloe all the time and kept her cage on her bedside table. it was one of the weirder/creepier things i had ever witnessed. i hate rats. and i'm glad you came to realize that they're terrifying. :) but we all have our things. i had like 5 hamsters growing up. they all died weird and tragic deaths.

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  4. Cindy / Aka ChymecindyFebruary 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM

    This is makes me laugh. I never like rats at all.

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  5. February 20, 2013 at 11:39 AM

    lol! Your parents were nice to give in to that, I don't think I could willingly let a rat live in my house! :)

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  6. aleshaFebruary 20, 2013 at 11:48 AM

    Ha ha! So gross and funny, rats are terrifying! I'm nervous that one day my children might ask for something like that and their dad will say yes!

    Found you through the link up and Northern Belle Diaries

    aleshadian.blogspot.com

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  7. MarsaFebruary 20, 2013 at 12:42 PM

    lol rat??? okay.. i've heard of wanting a mouse. i wanted a mouse before but a rat??? ah that's so scary! one time we found a huge rat dead in our yard. i think it died from the heat or soemething because it was way obese lol

    -marsa
    The DayLee Journal

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    A rat? Gerbils are cute. Haha. Thanks for linking up. You looked too precious!

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  9. allisonFebruary 20, 2013 at 2:56 PM

    My sister and I each had a rat until my dad caught a snake and fed said rats to the snake as a "science experiment" we learned from.

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  10. GennaFebruary 20, 2013 at 5:31 PM

    I had two guinea pigs that were actually products of our class pets. I loved them for about a week and then hated them until they died. I too was relieved and have felt guilty about that relief since then!

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2013 at 5:54 PM

    my brother had a rat, and I hated him for it. They are so scary looking! My kids shall never ever ever own a rodent, but LOVED that as a little girl that is all you wanted:)

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  12. Brooke @ Silver LiningFebruary 20, 2013 at 7:15 PM

    Haha I love this! My brother had a gerbil and I was seriously terrified of it. He named it Killer, which added to the scaredness(?). One time it ran up my sleeve and I never recovered.

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  13. Kelsey BangFebruary 20, 2013 at 9:41 PM

    this is the best story ever! I think you should get another rat to relive the dream :) haha When I was little I wanted newts and they ended up scaring me so bad I felt the same way when they escaped from their cage and dried up and died. RELIVED! I was sad and felt horrible, but relived they were in a better place!

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  14. ChelzzFebruary 20, 2013 at 11:32 PM

    This story made me laugh!! I can't believe you wanted a rat! That picture of you is adorable though!

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  15. Cramer Coffee and JesusFebruary 23, 2013 at 8:55 AM

    haha your dad let you have one? that's awesome - daddy's girl? ummm yes! ha.

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  16. UnknownFebruary 24, 2013 at 10:36 PM

    Oh man, rats are gross. We had a hamster and it bit my sister. We were afraid of it from then on. How long did you have the rat?

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