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Thread #104757   Message #2149382
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
14-Sep-07 - 03:44 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Tooth 'Fairy' as Rat
Subject: RE: Folklore: Tooth 'Fairy' as Rat
CapriUni, that's why I put the Google for the Youtube, the link failed (not available). No mouse featured and not much of a video.

In Spanish, 'raton' is a broad term for mice and rats- in New Mexico, the town of Raton was named for kangaroo rats (these are really cute!), native to the southwest. From a field trip, a friend took one home from the Texas Panhandle. It would climb and jump all over his apartment, but one day it jumped from too great a height and broke its little neck.
Ratona- female mouse or rat. Ratoncito- a little mouse.

A brief filmclip of Perez-
El ratoncito de sus suenos