https://www.pitara.com/tags/infestation/Recent content in Infestation on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/rats-rats-rats/Thu, 22 Feb 2001 10:08:43 +0000https://www.pitara.com/non-fiction-for-kids/features-for-kids/rats-rats-rats/<p>Rats here, rats there, rats everywhere!</p> <p>In the kitchen, in the storage cupboards, in shops, in restaurants, all over the place.</p> <p>People in Paris have no respite. The rat population has suddenly grown in such large numbers that Paris may soon need a Pied Piper to weed them out of the city.</p> <figure class="image-medium has-caption"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-60_1.gif" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-60_1_hu_851f340d1965f1a2.gif" srcset="https://www.pitara.com/media/features-60_1_hu_38530b159f1bfc14.gif 320w, https://www.pitara.com/media/features-60_1_hu_851f340d1965f1a2.gif 900w" sizes="(min-width: 900px) 900px, 320px" alt="Rats! Rats! Rats! []" height="767" width="900" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption>Rats! Rats! Rats! []</figcaption> </figure> <p>The rat boom happened because of a new underground railway system. When work began on the railway system, workmen began digging the ground to make tunnels for the trains. In the process, they broke hordes of rats&rsquo; houses and drove them away from the ground.</p>