A rat scuttled away as the light shone down.
A rat moved out from a doorway and scuttled across Anwar's foot.
The first two rats blinked in the glare of the lamp and scuttled ahead.
A huge gray rat scuttled across his line of vision.
A small black rat scuttled across the rafters of the room.
A rat scuttled over his bare foot and he could hear other rodents close by.
He knew it was the night's middle, death's kingdom, and the rats scuttled against the wall.
The rats scuttled down ahead of him, and he could see their eyes reflecting the dim light from the open street door.
The rat scuttled away from him, to be immediately replaced by another.
He was wondering about this when to his horror a black rat scuttled out of the deep grass, and away through the door.