Egg hunt

Well, guys, the lawn is mowed. All this yardwork is tiring! 

I'm hungry; let's have lunch.

How about omelettes? A nice, fluffy omelette sounds great. Fresh eggs, cheese, some ham in there...

 Hey! No eggs.

No eggs here, either!

We'll just have to steal some from the chicken.

Ooooh, omelettes for lunch with stolen eggs, even better.

There she is!

She's sitting on something!

Your eggs or your life, chickie!

Oh, my goodness! Help! thieves! Brigands!

What's this? A ball of yarn?

But of course it's a ball of yarn. Fine merino, in fact. You don't expect me to sit on an egg all day, do you? Seriously! Those things are hard as rocks. My poor tender bottom. Bruised black & blue! 

Not to mention if it cracks. Then you've got an awful mess in your nest, and this one is so perfectly situated under the cherry tree. I'd have to find a new spot near the apricot, and the view just isn't as good there. An egg. The idea! Goodness me, I switched to yarn ages ago. Socks are good too: folded socks. Or a stuffed animal. See? That's very comfy.

Hey! Cutitout! Get'eroffme!

I think there's peanut butter for sandwiches, Laars.

Yeah, let's go have sandwiches.

The indestructable tail incident

Alright, rats, it's autumn, and it's time to work on the yard. This pile of branches pruned off the trees can be burned, too. We'll use the ashes for the vegetable garden.
You rake the leaves into a nice pile, while I put the laundry out to dry.

Hey! That Bjorn buried us in the leaves.
Cut it out, Bjorn!

NO fair throwing a heavy branch on us!
We'll get you, Bjorn.
Yeah, just catch me. I'm indestructable!

The pruning tool will get him.
Yeah! We'll snip his tail right off. Indestructible my buns.

Get him!

Hey, you guys aren't running with scissors there, are you?
Oh no.
No!
We would never run with scissors.
This is a gardening device.
Alright, then.

You're not getting away this time, Bjorn!
I'm nottafraida you guys.

Ow!

Gotcha!
Ow Ow! Lemme go!
Say please.
I'm not sayin' please. Lemme go!

*snip*
Ow ow Ow OW!
Did it work?
Er, it worked a little.
OW!!!!

It didn't cut all the way through, though.

You guys tried to cut my tail off!
You buried us in leaves, and crushed us with a log!
Well, I'm sorry about that.
We're sorry too. Let's go get some lunch.
Yeah.

Aren't you rats done raking the leaves up yet?
What's taking so long?
Bjorn had a little tail thing...
Oh, okay.

How's your tail, Bjorn? I heard you had a little accident.
Yes. Um. It's fine. I put a bandage on it.

It's wonderful how you rats all get along together so well. Always playing and having great fun.

Isn't it!

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SuperWarren

It looks like we're having snow this winter after all.

This clearing the walk is hard work.
I wonder if my cape has Super Snow Removal powers.

At the least, it'll be warm.
Now, where did I put it?

I could have sworn I folded it neatly and put it away...

Psst!
Hey! Alien Guy!
My name is Warren, and I'm a gecko, not an alien.
Yeah whatever.
We've got this great Superhero cape for you!

A superhero cape?
Yeah! It's got all sorts of super powers, like Incredible Strength, and X-ray vision.

Try it on.

Well, it would be nice to have help getting rid of all this snow.

It can do that!
Yeah!

Instant Spring.

Hi Laars. Have you seen my Superhero cape?
Who, me? No. Never saw it.
I've just been sitting here reading The Economist.
Now, you stay here and think real hard about warm weather and chirping birds and all that spring business, and

*Presto*

Springtime!

Thanks, guys. I'll concentrate on Warm.

Hi Astrid, Hi Bjorn, have you seen my Superhero cape?
Nope. Never did. Didn't touch it.

...

Hey, what are you doing with the knitting, anyway?

We're helping!

Yeah!

You're such nice, helpful rats.

Where's Warren? Anybody seen Warren?
He's been gone all day.
Uhhhh, I think he said something about phoning home.
Oh, Okay. Let me know if you see him around.

*the next morning*

It's still out there!
Wow!
Incredible!

Brrrrrr.....

It doesn't look like this Instant Spring thing is working...

I'd go in for some coffee,
but I seem to be frozen.

Oh there you are Warren, I've been looking all over for you!
Brrrr....
I see you found my Superhero cape!
Brrrr....

Let's go in and get some hot coffee.
Good idea.
Look, Nancy swept the stairs for us,
and cleared the walk.
And she didn't even use Superpowers!
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About those superpowers, Maurice...
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