Chapter 2

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The rats were dancing along to Nigel and Patrick's song the whole way through.

"These cats got it going on" said Sammy.

"You said it, man" Blue Eyes agreed.

They were about to approach the stage, but someone saw them.

"Rats!" the hotel guests were shrieking.

The staff was chasing the rats and Nigel and Patrick eventually trapped them in a jar.

The hotel's manager, Mr DeFranko heard the noise and came upstairs.

"What's going on here?" he said.

"Mr DeFranko, sir. We found rats" said Nigel.

"Zare vere rats in my kitchen! Merci beaucoup, Messrs. Nigel et Patrick, for capturing zem" said Maurice. 

"Rats?! Well, kill them!" Mr DeFranko snapped.

"Kill them?" said Patrick.

"Yeah, kill them before the health inspector shows up! My hotel's reputation's been hanging by a thread as it is! Take those filthy rodents out of here or you're both going down the dumbwaiter shaft!" Mr DeFranko shouted.

"Yes sir!" Nigel and Patrick snapped in unison.

They rushed out of the hotel with the rats in the jar.

"Nigel, these rats can't be ordinary" said Patrick.

"Of course they're not. They're wearing tuxedos, glasses and hats" said Nigel.

"And we talk too, man" said Blue Eyes. 

Patrick dropped the jar and it shattered, freeing the rats.

"Oh, heavens! Rats can't talk" said Patrick.

"These ones can" said Deano.

"We saw y'all playing those crazy guitars" said Sammy.

"We were playing our guitars, but they're not crazy" said Nigel.

Blue Eyes laughed. "Relax. It's just an expression."

"Oh, is it? Oh, I beg your pardon. We're just not American" said Nigel.

"So we see. Who are you anyway?" said Sammy.

Nigel strummed his guitar. "I'm Nigel."

Patrick strummed his guitar. "I'm Patrick."

"And you are?" said Nigel.

The rats sang their response.

Blue Eyes: We're Blue Eyes

Sammy: Sammy

Deano: And Deano too

all: Doo-bee-doo-bee-doo-bee-doo

Nigel and Patrick smiled the second they heard them sing.

"I say... there's more to these rats than meets the eye" said Nigel.

"So you ain't gonna kill us?" said Sammy.

"Heavens no. Patrick and I are too loyal to animals anyway" said Nigel.

"But you said 'yes sir' to the fat guy back there" said Deano.

"Oh, people say a lot of things in anger" said Patrick.

"And we decided to take you away from the lounge, but not kill you" said Nigel.

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