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    Rat A Tat Tat
    Rat A Tat Tat
    Rat A Tat Tat
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    Rat A Tat Tat

    By Mark Thornton

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    A fairytale for grownups:
    For the mouse Muse, the town has a million problems—each one is a rat. Tonight, they catch her, and she’s barely saved by a boy named Kirk.
    But the whole town needs saving—the plague is spreading (a million rats, duh!). Kirk tries, only to find himself under attack by a different kind of rat.
    Then an unseen power playing ethereal music intervenes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Thornton
    Release dateMar 8, 2010
    ISBN9781452402871
    Rat A Tat Tat
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    Mark Thornton

    Mark's Pied Piper Series has been in the making for 16 years. He released the first book, "Ratatattat," in the spring of 2010 and the second book, "HickoryDickoryDock," in November 2010. "Pay the Piper," the third and final book is scheduled for release in November of 2011.Mark bought and developed Friday Mountain ranch outside Austin in the 1990's. Since then he has spent much of his time in Central America and the Caribbean. He currently lives outside Austin.

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      Rat A Tat Tat - Mark Thornton

      Rat A Tat Tat

      Mark Thornton

      Published by Mark Thornton at Smashwords

      Copyright 2010 by Mark Thornton

      Copyright Mark Thornton 2010

      Copyright (c) Mark Thornton 2010

      Copyright (c) Mark Thornton 1997

      All rights reserved

      Cover art by Jim Anderson

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, governments, institutions, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Rat A Tat Tat

      a fairytale for grownups

      Cast

      Muse: a mouse

      Roy: a sewer rat

      Kirk: Town Clerk and singing star

      Chris: Kirk's friend from childhood aka 'the lame girl'

      Snurk: Mayor of Id (rhymes with did), Kirk's boss

      Ms. Trap: Owner of Trap Manufacturing Company, Inc.

      The CABAL:

      Count Cash: Count and Comptroller of the County

      Baron Ash: land owner and landlord

      Major Bash: ranking officer of the local military

      Master Ash: County Attorney, heir of Baron Ash

      Judge Lash: County Judge

      Prologue

      Near dawn, while the other stars twinkled goodbye, the Morning Star rose in the emptying sky. It heard a pipe play and a weary boy cry in the City of Id. For there darkness sat, concealing the stealing of resident rats.

      The Star flared, sending light to the Children of Id (who called themselves Idiots and laughed when they did). They'd been drawn from their beds to the ancient Town Square where the Pied Piper stood as if calling them there.

      And when the sun rose, the Star shined by its side and sparkled its answer for one watchful eye-the eye of the Piper, who stood in the Square. And despite the hard

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