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Rats in the trenches

Updated: 11/1/2022
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Rats are Vermin creatures, who feed of the dead bodies of people who have died in war.

Dead bodies in the trenches had to be taken far away to stop the rats coming to the trenches.

All the soldiers hated the rats and used to beat them with spades for entertainment.

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