• SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
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    Anyone who’s read Terry Pratchett knows that rats on a stick are a well-beloved street food in Ankh-Morpork!

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      Among the dwarves, anyway. Most humans seem to prefer a sausage inna bun, though the way Dibbler’s food is described, I think the dwarves might be better off.

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        Babbington looked wretchedly from one to the other, licked his lips and said, ‘I ate your rat, sir. I am very sorry, and I ask your pardon.’

        ‘Did you so?’ said Stephen mildly. ‘Well, I hope you enjoyed it. Listen, Jack, will you look at my list, now?’

        'He only ate it when it was dead,’ said Jack.

        ‘It would have been a strangely hasty, agitated meal, had he ate it before,’ said Stephen.