to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said, `Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?’”
She had sat so quietly that the rat had begun to take courage. He was very much afraid of her, but perhaps he had a heart like the sparrow and it told him that she was not a thing which pounced. He was very hungry. He had a wife and a large family in the wall, and they had had frightfully
to be a sparrow. But nobody asked this rat if he wanted to be a rat when he was made. Nobody said, `Wouldn’t you rather be a sparrow?’”
She had sat so quietly that the rat had begun to take courage. He was very much afraid of her, but perhaps he had a heart like the sparrow and it told him that she was not a thing which pounced. He was very hungry. He had a wife and a large family in the wall, and they had had frightfully
