night has fallen in the House. all the flocks and all the pupils are already sleeping. For the House this silence is abnormal. almost scary. and it seemed that everyone had really left, but almost as usual, someone’s shadow ran through the corridors again. ran into the Crossroads, and soon a faint light appeared for only a split second. then in place of the light there was just a red dot and a deep puff was heard. The rat leader, it seems, is again trying to avoid death from his own rats.