Then the rat scampered away to a corner and disappeared.

They were like rats scampering in panic over the bottom of a great green bowl.

Saul ran through the tunnels and the rats scampered after him.

As the makeshift quarters came tumbling down, rats scampered from several of them, the police said.

Too late - the rat had slipped between Ron's clutching fingers, hit the ground, and scampered away.

The rat scampered across the table but stopped at the edge, looking down at the floor and sniffing.

The rats scampered a little closer, hearing the dynamism in Saul's voice.

One man awoke as a black rat scampered across his face; he sat up screaming and lashing out.

And the white rats scampered and scrambled in their cages.

Around his bare feet the rats were scampering, a whole flood of them pattering down the stairs.