steve then marched off to bed, huffing and puffing as lee chuckled.

'Now for a feast', said Lee.

The rest of the family watched as Lee dished up for himself, while whistling to the tune of Rats.

'That's ironic, because little does Lee know, I saw the cat put a dead rat in that pasta', giggled Steve.

By this time, the rest of the sonic family were eating their fingers.

The cat, self-satisfied at the best of times, was watching events with an air of smugness that even he had never previously displyed.

Lee didn't notice a thing, till Coco started laughing.

'What?', asked Lee.

"Nothing", said Coco, as she looked at her mom for assistance.

'Lee, there's something you should know', said Kim.

"Oh!", said Lee, with a mouth full of pasta.

'It's about that pasta'.

"What about it?", asked Lee, in a surprised voice.

'Before we tell you', said Steve, 'you have to promise not to get all ratty at us'.

"I promise", said lee, "Cross my heart and hope to die".

'There's a f***ing dead rat in the pasta', said the cat, 'a great big f***er, and I should know - go on, have a f***ing look'.

Lee leaned over, and looked into the pasta bowl with a horrible look on his face.

'Well, am I right or am I f***ing right?'.

Lee made a rancid sound as if he were about vomit.

'F***ing top laugh, that was', said the cat.