Mi kilem ded wan rat

Can you guess the meaning of that phrase written in Bislama? Try to read it phonetically. “Me killem dead one rat.” “I killed a rat”

Lately the rats have taken up residence in my house again. I’m not sure why they like it because I don’t have any food here. I guess they just want the shelter. A couple months ago a Mama rat and a bunch of her babies decided to make a nest inside one of my boxes of stuff. When I finally discovered them, I wasn’t sure what to do. The Mama ran away but the babies were so small they couldn’t run. But then I couldn’t make myself kill them. I just threw them outside and luckily they didn’t come back.

Then last week I awoke all of a sudden to the tell tale noise of a rat running across the floor. I got out of bed and shined my flashlight on it and it would run to another part of my house. It kept running circles around my house as I chased it so basically i was laying flashlight tag with a rat. I positioned myself by the door with the door open and got the rat to go outside. As I was about to go back to sleep, I heard it come inside again. I spent another 30 minutes chasing it and eventually it left and I went back to sleep.

Then a few nights later I heard the rat again. We played some more flashlight tag and it went outside. Even when the rat is frozen, I’m still not sure what to do and I’m scared to kill it. I was back in bed when i heard a crinkling noise right by my bed. It sounded like a rat walking over one of the bags that I store stuff in. I kicked the bag to get the rat to run away, but there was no sign of the rat. When I heard the noise again, I realized it was inside the bag. At this point I felt like I had no choice. I started hitting the bag with the blunt edge of my machete. Eventually I got the rat. It was still wriggling around but I didn’t want to chop it in half because I didn’t want rat guts in my bag. I just stood on it for awhile. Then I emptied all my stuff from the bag, took it outisde, and dumped the rat in the grass. After that I went back to sleep thinking pleasant thoughts of dead rats.