Rat

I was riding my bike today, in the rain and behind a covered garbage truck. The fact that it was rainy has nothing to do with this story, but I wanted to tell you, because...well because my pants got soaked. The covered garbage truck. All of a sudden, out nowhere, a RAT landed in the middle of the street and ran off, right in front of me, to a park to my right. It was the strangest thing. Of course when I say "out of nowhere", I must mean "out of the garbage truck." It's the only way. And I'm not going to lie, "landed" does bring to mind "jumped". It looked like a nice park. I'm just saying. Perhaps rats leaping into the street in front of you happens every other day in Ontario. Being from Alberta (it's rat-free), it did seem odd.