Creatures Going Crazy During a Pandemic

Photo by David Hablützel from Pexels Eddie, the rat, noticed lately that humans stay in their houses everyday. He went home to his lair to report that to his wife. Upon reaching his lair, his wife Minnie was cooking lunch while he entered the kitchen. "Hey you're home early? You look pensive. Is something bothering you?" Minnie asked. "Oh no it's nothing. It's just that I noticed lately that humans don't leave their houses at all. It's weird. They normally leave their houses in the morning and come back at night. Now, they're always inside their houses except for one who goes out weekly to buy groceries." Eddie said. "Is that right? You know I heard from our neighbors that there's a human pandemic raging right now. They overheard it from the human radio that a virus is causing widespread sickness. It's making a lot of humans sick and a lot of them are dying," Minnie paused and added, "Could that be the reason?...