But he might have had a bang on the head! said Joan. Poor little boy, he thinks he was a rat!Hmm, said the receptionist, and wrote on a pink slip of paper.
In "I Was a Rat!" by Philip Pullman, a young boy named Roger is discovered by a couple, Joan and the receptionist, who realize he believes he has been transformed into a rat. This peculiar situation draws attention as they try to understand what might have happened to him, leading to questions about his true identity and the possibility of an injury that could have caused this bizarre belief. Joan expresses...