Blonde Roof Rat

Title card for the Tales from the Mischief comic The Hammock Accords: several cream coloured roof rats piled together asleep in a fabric hammock inside their cage.

The Hammock Accords

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The Hammock Accords

A pile of cream and fawn roof rats crowded together in a fleece hammock; one sits up alert while the others dozeDesirable elevated residence. Sleeps four. Sleeps eleven if nobody exhales.
Two cream roof rats poking their heads up out of a fleece hammock, looking toward the cameraMy family has slept in that hammock since Tuesday. That is heritage.
Two blonde roof rats sitting together in a little toy chair inside a cageI do not want that chair. I simply require that nobody else may have it.
A pile of roof rats heaped together in the corner of a cageI propose a rota. Drawn up fairly, by me, in my favour.I’ve seen your rotas. Nobody’s ever on them but you.
A single roof rat sitting in a hanging wicker basketDisplaced! Rehoused in wicker! I shall write to somebody about this the moment I learn to write.
The same pile of cream roof rats asleep in the fleece hammockThe hammock holds four.
Two cream roof rats crowded head-to-head in the fleece hammockThe hammock holds seven.Six and a half. Someone is standing on my half.
The full pile of cream roof rats settled together in the fleece hammockAccords signed. The hammock holds everyone.
Tales from the Mischief. A new sketch on Sundays.
Roof rats really do pile up to sleep. Huddling shares body heat and is a sign the group is socially settled.[1]
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References

  • [1] Gilbert C, McCafferty D, Le Maho Y, Martrette J, Giroud S, Blanc S, Ancel A. “One for all and all for one: the energetic benefits of huddling in endotherms.” Biological Reviews 2010;85(3):545-569. DOI.