Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy

Tachyon

A dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and the rolling-pin!

Anonus

Eww, butter.

Justice4243

There's some nefarious cookie and/or pie baking plot going on here...

Tachyon

We must send for John Joiner at once, with a saw.

Icalasari

I read that as diary at first

I was confused for a bit