The Underappreciated Attributes of R.A.T.s

I have been thinking of about this long and hard. What are the positive attributes of the R.A.T.?
When I yell, as I often do in the evening, "DID YOU HEAR THAT????"
The children insist on speaking only in a whisper for the next chunk of time. One hears them say, in a loud whisper, "Mama, quiet...I am trying to hear the rat!"
The End