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Sunday, January 8, 2012

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

One rat, popping up here and there, squeaking loudly, and taking a bath in the cream, could be a plague all by himself. After a few days of this, it was amazing how glad people were to see the kid with his magical rat pipe. And they were amazing when the rats followed hint out of town.
They'd have been really amazed if they'd ever found out that the rats and the piper met up with a cat somewhere outside of town and solemnly counted out the money.
The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits. For this is a town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks beneath the hunger-stricken streets....
Set in Terry Pratchett's widely popular Discworld, this masterfully crafted, gripping read is both compelling and funny. When one of the world's most acclaimed fantasy writers turns a classic fairy tale on its head, no one will ever look at the Pied Piper — or rats — the same way again.

15 comments:

  1. I wonder what the mail-man was hearing on the top of his van

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  2. I also wonder what the passenger was reading, those are my literal questions

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  3. I think the mail-man was scared, and so was the passenger but he didn't want to show that he is scared.

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  4. 1. What kind of cat is Maurice.?
    2. Is Mr.Bunnsy a rabbit/bunny.?
    3. Does the piper every miss a note and make the mice do something else.?

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  5. Answers to May
    1. I don't know
    2. I think he isn't a bunny/rabbit.
    3. I think so

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  6. Mason I really don't know what the passenger was reading but good question.
    I think the mail man had heard some type of animal or object that was pounding on his truck.

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  7. ah, that makes a lot of sense, thank you.

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  8. More questions.
    1 Does the maurice have any siblings that have the same talent as him?
    2 Is the cat as well of a hunter than a leader?
    literal questions:
    1 I think the mouse is compared to the pied piper.
    2 I think Discworld is full of secrets and hidden passages.

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  9. 1. Do the mice every turn back on the piper and Maurice.?
    2. Was the piper an orphan.?
    3. Do the people in the village find out this was all a prank.?
    4. Does Maurice ever get annoyed of his job.?

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  10. MY answers to nathalie's questions

    1. I think yes
    2. yes
    3. I don't think so
    4. NO

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  11. 1. I don't think so well he might have siblings but they might not be as smart.
    2. I think Maurice isn't such a great hunter maybe he shows other cats to hunt but himself I don't think so.
    3. I would think if you would compare the mouse and the piper there would be more differences then similarities.
    4. I Think it has secrets not hidden passage ways.

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  12. Will the plan ever work?
    Will the goverment catch them?
    Is Dangerous Beans a good piper?
    Was Peaches right all along???

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  13. Was Maurice dreaming when he heard the "spider" in his head.?
    Who is Peaches or what is it.?
    Does Maurice ever die or any of the mice.?

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  14. Answers

    1. Yes and no. He wasn't sleeping but he was dazed and it happened then.
    2. I THINK Peaches is still a mouse.
    3. I don't know.

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  15. 1. I believe the plan will work because they have planed it very well.
    2. Maybe because they won't be having much money at the end.
    3. I think so they don't give to much information.
    4. Everyone has a different opinion but I still don't know.

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