Who poured what in the waters of Canada? Canadians better find the antidote fast.

One of the most terrifying books I ever read--and I read it as a grownup--is "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH." The plowman is coming and he's going to rip up Mrs. Frisby's home and her little boy is sick and can't be safely moved.

She's a field mouse and her kid is too of course, but the thought of being helpless to protect one's children in one's own home is maybe the most profound horror ever.

The additional horror in this story is what government experimentation does to helpless animals but those rats...if you ain't read it, buy a copy for everyone you love.