Summary Of The Book 'Rats On The Range'

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“Rats on the Range” is a fictional book about eight short animal stories. You will read about Miss Mouse, Pig, a rat family, and Buzzard Watkins. This book is very wacky and intriguing, and is sure to tickle your funny bone. At the same time, these stories are very unique and unusual. They are very interesting and will allow you to use your imagination to make visions of the characters, and events happening in the story.

One of the eight stories is titled “Rats on the Range,” and it is about a rat family that vacations from life in the city. The Rats were tired and unhappy from living in New York City. Therefore, they traveled by bus far out West to a dude ranch owned by Tom Terrier and his wife. However, the Rat Family had no idea that

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