an important role. Fictional works based on the tale that focus heavily on the rat aspect include Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, and Belgian graphic novel Le Bal du Rat Mort (The Ball of the Dead Rat). Furthermore, a linguistic phenomenon when a wh-expression drags with it an entire encompassing phrase to the front of the clause has been named pied-piping after "Pied Piper of Hamlin" (see also pied-piping with inversion). See also List of fictional rodents Rat-baiting Rat king References Further reading List of books and articles about rats, is a non-fiction list. External links High-Resolution Images of the Rat Brain National Bio Resource Project for the Rat in Japan Rat Behaviour and Biology Rat Genome Database Mammal common names Rodents Scavengers Extant Pleistocene first appearances Storage pests Paraphyletic groups Articles containing video clips