“The child’s fear of rats amounted to a frenzied horror. She dared not move a finger. To get out of bed with those creatures running about the room was as impossible as it was to cry out. But her heart did what her tongue could not do—cried out with a great and bitter cry to one who was more ready to hear than Robert and Nancy Bruce. And what her heart cried was this:
“O God, tak care o’ me frae the rottans.”
There was no need to send an angel from heaven in answer to this little one’s prayer: the cat would do. Annie heard a scratch and a mew at the door. The rats made one frantic scramble and were still.”
– George MacDonald. From Alec Forbes Of Howglen.
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