The Story of the Rat Girl

Radka had to move to an old apartment in Prague after her father lost his job and sold their house. When Radka started going to a new school, she was badly bullied. But one day she could not tolerate anymore she decided to hit back. But her classmates took revenge and in the process she got attacked by some scary rats. But in the end, she took her revenge.

This story, by depicting a realistic image of the adverse effect of bullying, shows that compassion towards other people is very important and children should be taught that at home.

Radka Drinking the Blood of a Rat

The Rat Girl

Not to her surprise, she found that her classmates had some prejudices against her. They maltreated her, called her “Rat Girl,” and shortly, bullying became a routine. Regular hitting, snatching her lunch box, refusing her to join the games, and taunting her looks began to get on her nerves. When her parents turned a deaf ear, Radka decided to hit back herself.

So, one day on her way home from school, she picked a dead rat that she ground and cooked with herbs and spices. She carried the horrifying meat in her lunchbox.

Following their routine, two bullies walked to Radka during the lunch break and snatched her lunchbox. After taking a bite, they passed it to everyone in the classroom. Shortly after everyone ate, stomach aches hit them. One after the other, kids ran to the bathroom. Every cubicle was occupied. There were a bunch of them throwing up in the sinks. The ones who could not hold the poop sat to take dumps in the sinks. It stank of pee, poop, and vomit.

The bullies figured out who pulled the trick when the chaos eased up. Radka knew they would get back at her. However, the next day, two girls approached Radka with an apology. The girls bluffed Radka, saying her classmates were waiting for her near the school basement to apologise.

However, they locked her in the basement and pushed her down the doorway. Radka found herself trapped as if she were in a rat cage. Desperate to find a means to escape, she began kicking the wall. A kick went so hard it made a way through the plaster.

Radka pushed through the hole she  created till it became big enough to accommodate her. Finally, she stuck her head through the hole and found no evidence of water pipelines or electric wires. There was a passageway between the inner and outer walls.

Radka kept moving till she saw a faint glimmer of light coming from a hole in the wall. She snuck a peek to see her school principal idling away. Then she saw him pick his nose and eat the gunk. Grossed, she kept moving further. Then she saw another glimmer of light.

She peeked through the hole and saw her Geography and History teachers locked in a loving embrace, making out passionately. Embarrassed, Radka kept moving to find another glimmer of light. This time it was a teacher taking a dump.

Radka quickly made her way out of there. After moving further, she realised the passageway was getting narrower. However, she saw a big opening at the end and tried to make her way out. Unluckily, her hip stuck, and a bunch of rats attacked her. She moved back, caught one of them, and killed it with her bare hands. The other rats got terrified. She spent weeks and months stuck in the passageway, killing rats, drinking their blood, and relieving her bladder at the same place.

Finally, when she made her way out and entered her classroom, the children and the teacher were terrified to see a little girl with blood smeared on her face and her clothes sunk in excreta. A huge army of rats followed her and, at her command, attacked the children. Radka herself bit into a girl’s arm, drinking her blood. The rat girl returned and had her revenge.

Moral of the Story

The moral of the story is: “ Tit for tat.”

Summary

This Rat Girl story for kids narrates the story of a girl who was badly bullied in her school. This story ends with a gruesome image of a bullied girl taking revenge on her classmates for all the scary days she had to endure. This story portrays a gruesome picture of the bully culture in educational organisations and how it affects the students. Though this story ends with the girl avenging her fellow classmates, it is clear how traumatic bullying can be for everyone