The owl advises Mrs Frisby to seek the help of the rats. It's a bit of a nerve-wracking visit because mice are, after all, known to be a tasty tit-bit for a hungry owl. This involves a hair-raising flight on the back of a crow, straight to the owl's home in the trunk of an old tree in the woods. Well, first of all she seeks the advice of the wise old owl. So what can Mrs Frisby do when she realizes that Timothy is not well enough to move? This is bad timing because in the spring the mice have to leave their winter home in the vegetable garden, and go to live in the woods well away from all the human activity. Her youngest, Timothy, is a bit of a weakling and falls rather seriously ill just at the beginning of spring. Mrs Frisby is having a worrying time bringing up her young family since she lost her husband. It's a story about mice and rats - but they're very human little things.
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