Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

I loved watching The Secret of NIMH when I was a kid. My sister and I would watch it together, over and over - and I watched it recently with my own child. After finishing the movie this most recent viewing, I decided to read the book. I've read it before, but it's been a long time. 

I couldn't stop thinking about reading the book - and the ending of the book: a brave rat rushes back into the den under the rosebush to try to save a fallen comrade. They both died. Mrs. Frisby, Mr. Ages, and Brutus don't know who he was - but there is a fear that the brave rat was Justin. 

Mr. Ages says "Whoever he was...he was brave." So, today, thinking about the end of that little book I sketched out a rat laying on top of ferns. I added Christmas lights because the rats stole them and put them down their main hallway. There are seeds to represent the work as part of The Plan. I added a scrap of paper with NIMH - National Institute of Mental Health - tucked underneath him.