"But," she said, "there are lots and lots of rat bones around."
A little plastic bag fell open, and rat bones spilled out.
She grinned at the priest, who looked as thrilled as a guest discovering rat bones in his soup.
She shifted in her chair, and the wicker crackled like snapping rat bones.
Or at least some gaily arranged rat bones.
They moved aside for him to pace as he chewed, little rat bones crunch, crunch, crunching.
The chicken embryo study and the test of damaged rat bones were designed by students.
He'd placed another rat bone in one of his boots to sell to Trapspringer in exchange for the rest of the map.
The rat bone was still safely tucked away.
Unlike humans, rat bones grow for their entire life.