One day not very long ago at all, a little rat woke up to find himself all alone and in a strange place, worse than that the strange place was outside and it was not very warm.
"What do I do?" squeaked the little rat
"Dont worry I will look after you" replied a strange voice
"Who are you?"
"I am your Guardian Angel and the first thing we need to do is find a kind human to look after you"
"What about that lady in red?" asked the rat "No, not her"
"What about that man in the official uniform" asked the rat "No, not him"
Just then a car parked right next to where the little rat was waiting and a man with a friendly face, fat tummy and big grey beard like santa got out.
"Thats him" said the Guardian Angel
The little rat stuck his head out of the grass and made his way toward the man.
"Hello little guy, are you lost?" asked the man "Lets see if we can find where you belong"
The little rat wriggled into the mans hand and together they set off, they found the man in the official uniform and the friendly man asked what he should do with the rat, the official told him there had been a rat show at the weekend and that the little rat had probably escaped, he suggested running him over.
"See I told you not that one!!" said the Guardian Angel
"Well it looks like you are coming home with me" said the man
The man took the little rat with him to his home, realising that the rat needed somewhere safe to stay as well as food and water the man went to shop and bought a cage,bedding, a water bottle, food bowl, food and hidey hole for the little rat.
The little rat went straight into his new home and hid in the hidey hole to sleep.
The man was confused about where the rat had come from as he was incredibly friendly and seemed well fed he was sure a family somewhere were missing the little rat.
Not being very familiar with the world of the internet the man asked his daughter to look around and see what she could find.
Despite checking several websites including the website for the venue where the little rat was found the daughter could find no mention of any shows having ever been held there, and after lurking on several forums she found no mention of anyone having lost a rat.
When she reported back to the man, he was quietly pleased with this information as during the few days it had taken the daughter to do her research the family had fallen in love with the little rat.
The little rat had also fallen in love with his new family, he loved coming out for cuddles and climbing onto peoples shoulders, hiding in their pockets and hoods to sleep.
"We need to give you a name" said the man "What would you like to called?"
"Guardian Angel" said the rat "What would be a good name for my new family to call me"
"Well" replied the Guardian Angel "Before I became a Guardian Angel my friends in the virtual world knew me as Algernon, this was a name I chose from a story called "Flowers for Algernon" Algernon was a rat just like you, so I think the name would suit you well, and now you have a new home and are safe its time for me to leave you with your family and look for more little lost critters"
"Thank you Guardian Angel" said the rat "I will tell the man my new name"
So the rat told the man that from now on he wanted to be known as Algernon Rat and the man agreed.
They all lived happily every after......
The man is the story is my Dad, the daughter is me (M) and the little rat known as Algernon Rat has been in his new home for about 4 weeks now. We believe our Alge was watching over him as the Guardian Angel of the story.
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