There have been episodes in my life that, in reflection, seem more like crazy movies than reality.
That thought went through my mind recently as I told my editor, Andrea Rondeau, about one day when I was in Grade 6 attending a rat-infested elementary school.
The school was built next to a river and rats, some very large, that live near the waterway were likely attracted to the school’s garbage boxes where all the leftover food from the cafeteria was put out for pick up.
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