The Mysterious Tale of the Tap Dancing Rats

An allegory for your thoughts:

     Once upon a time, there were six Princesses who lived in the Dungeon of a magnificent Castle in a faraway land. Yet this Dungeon, and this Castle, were like nothing else; this was no ordinary Dungeon. In the beginning, this Dungeon was an oasis and the most spacious part of the castle. All had flocked from far off lands to spend leisure or seek refuge in the Dungeon. Some had said that the Dungeon is what made the Castle a Palace.
     However, this was only the beginning, because after several months of living in the Dungeon, curious things began to happen; it was almost as if the Castle was playing tricks on the Princesses. At first a cold chill swept the Castle. The magical sauna bath waters transformed into the cold waves from Boreas' winds, and the vents bringing in warm air from the deserts clogged from the solid ice that had formed around them.
     Then in a rush of confusion, lights began bursting, the windows began to view strange things, and the walls began to speak. The Dungeon and Castle, indeed, were under seige by some foreign force.
     What should have alarmed the Princesses did, indeed, worry them. But it was mere fodder for laughing fools. They realized the Dungeon and Castle were not trying to scare them, but playing with them.
     This was all until the noises began from the ceiling. At first it sounded like dripping, tiny pebbles of water into an empty basin. Yet, it grew louder and more rhythmic. The Princesses realized that it wasn't just the Dungeon and the Castle playing tricks anymore: something was inside.
     And what was it you may ask?.... Tap Dancing Rats.
     YES! Tap Dancing Rats!! They pittered and they pattered and they danced through the night above the Princesses' heads. They awoke the Princesses in the morning with their jive and continued all through the day moving to and fro around the dungeon. And it drove the Princesses mad! So mad, indeed, that they protested, with great blunt force, against the celing of the Dungeon to make the stupid rats shut up!!
     But did they? No. They kept tap tap tappin' away up there.
     One day, yes indeed, ONE DAY retribution will be had.

     ... Stupid Tap Dancing Rats

London Love, Kristen