Rat City

The Carson Cousins crept cautiously down the limestone cliff face. A narrow chute descended steeply and although the weathered rocks looked like steps, any one of them could break free and cause a tragic fall. However, this was the right amount of danger to make it exciting; they were climbing down into the unknown.

Heart beating fast and leading the trio, twelve year old Travis spied the end - the crevice took an abrupt turn, becoming a three-foot-wide ledge piled inches deep in scat. He co...