While my mom was calling the police, she made me go into my aunt and uncles house to wash my hands off. While I was washing, some lady saw me as she was walking by. "Did you hear what happened?" she asked. "What?" I asked. "Some kid out there was bit by a rat" she said "they think he may have gotten rabies from it." I stood there for a second silent. "Yea" I said "that was me". "Oh" she said "well make sure that you wash your hands good, the police should be here soon". "Thanks" I said. When I was done washing I went back out to my mom.
Soon the police arrived in the driveway and asked to talk to me. While they were speaking to me they had someone go into the woods and bring back the rat so that it could be taken to a lab to see if it had rabies. We didn't need to leave the party, I just had to hang out with the officer in the driveway. He told me how if it turns out I do have rabies, I'm going to have to get five shots in the stomach. Now like most kids and some adults, I wasn't too thrilled about getting shots. So I hoped beyond hope that I wasn't infected.
Eventually, they called the officer and told him that the rat didn't have rabies. The officer assured me that I was very lucky to have not been infected. We thanked him for his work and went back to face the other members of the party. Naturally, my family was relieved to find out I didn't have rabies.
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