Book Summary: Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
The mouse, Mrs. Frisby's child Timothy, has pneumonia and the farmer of the farm they live on will plow the farm in 5 days. Timothy has to recover and 5 days isn't enough. Fortunately, Mrs. Frisby contacts the rats of NIMH - huge, smart and strong rats, who move her house to a particular spot on the farm which didn't get plowed. But the farmer ordered a doctor to remove the rosebush where the rats of NIMH lived. Most of the rats escaped to their new home in Thorn Valley, a nearby valley where wild animals grazed. There were ponds in Thorn Valley for water and soil for planting crops.
The most surprising part of the story was when the mice gnawed the iron wire to escape from the NIMH lab to the city outside it. Who knew that the rats can gnaw through iron!
In this story, a doctor uses cyanide gas to remove the rosebush. Using cyanide gas to kill a rosebush is crazy and unnecessary! A pair of big garden shears would have done the job very well.
No. of pages in the book: 233
STATUS: READ
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