I was taken from my mom and dad and shipped to a pet store where I sat in a glass case all day with nothing to do. Then one day, a strange person came to the case and said, "Can I pick him up?"

The store clerk said "Better you than me" and the next thing you know I was in the clutches of a human!

I was glad to be put down again, but a few days later the human returned, and I was put in a cardboard box and taken away. It was scary at first, but soon I began to enjoy the ride It ended, though, and soon I was put in a small plastic aquarium, "Just for a little while."

I saw through the plastic that there was a big rat I had never seen outside, and he seemed pretty excited about something. Soon we got to meet, and he was so nice that the new Boss put me in his cage. Well, the first thing the big guy (Melvin) does is pin me down on the floor and WASH me! I didn't WANT a bath! What a meanie.

Then I got my head stuck in a wire walkway, and the human had to pull me out! I'm not used to humans picking me up yet--yecch!

But after that rocky start, I settled in pretty nicely. Melvin is my hero now, I follow him around and do what he does, I hide under him when I'm scared, and I eat what he eats...or is trying to eat, anyway. (I like to grab his snacks and run! Hee, hee!)