*My rat Tolten*

• He was massive, like a big brick.
• He loved jumping everywhere, sometimes I just used to hear a big thunk of him hitting things in the cage.
• He had a lazy eye.
• He was a little crazy.
• He loved Avacado.
• He was the shy one at first.
• He was black with white on his belly and big dumbo ears.
• He used to love tubes.
• He would ride around on my shoulders.
• He liked yoghurt.
• He loved running about on my bed and if I called him he would run back to me and sit in the crook of my arm cleaning himself.
• He had big eyes.
• He broke lots of hammocks by chewing on them.
• He was really dopey.

*My rat Happy*

• He was so calm, like a little Buddha.
• He always looked sleepy.
• He listened to me when I sung.
• He liked sitting on top of my laptop.
• He was always on the bottom of wrestling matches.
• He was intelligent.
• He was gentle.
• He kept his brother in check.
• He had red eyes.
• They both chittered at me and I would say 'oh really, is that so?' like they were telling me stories.
• He liked climbing pillows.
• He and Tolten would lick water off my hands.
• He never bit me.
• He liked sitting on my dressing gown.