Pixie Pod knew the whole of the forest and the meadow very well so it didn't take him long to find the river rats scurrying around the river and it's banks.

Who ate the meadow mouse? Shouted Pod quite matter of factly

The river rats who had been minding their own business's at the time all looked up at the amusing Pixie, and a few of the rats grinning in a bunch shouted over,

We did, and what of the tasty little it

Well what would you normally eat? Asked Pod

Eh normally we wouldn't eat meadow mice, it's just that day we didn't fancy bird eggs, or frog spawns, or even tasty Pixies, said the ugliest rat.

Well I'll have you know mr or mrs ugly rat, whichever you are, that you never have nor never will eat a Pixie, and so you will never know how tasty they are, said Pixie Pod.

How do you know growled the lying rat

Because I am the only Pixie in all of the forest and the meadow, and no one has ever eaten me, and with a pixie blink he was standing on the other side of the river, just to show that the river rats need not trouble their minds about eating pixies, as they were not fast enough.

So what about not eating meadow mice either, asked Pixie Pod of the culprits.

Can you give us any good reason why we should do as you ask, asked the ugly rat, but not in a growling way.