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Abstract "Maurice The Incredible and his learned rats", Terry Pratchett" Maurice the incredible and his learned rats " by Terry Pratchett is a witty reinterpretation of the tale of the Hameln rat catcher and a parody of the folklore genre. It all started with the fact that the rats, after eating garbage from an invisible Academy, suddenly became intelligent, learned to talk and formed a clan. And then they met Maurice, an unusual street cat — a cheeky, quick-witted and cunning crook. Together with a gang of rats and a guy-Dudar Keith, Keith travels through cities and villages, staging an invasion of rats, and then organizing a heroic "rescue" for a reward. A reliable scheme, isn't it? However, in one of the towns, their plan does not work! Something dark and dashing is happening in its dungeons, the townspeople are starving, and local rat catchers specially breed large rats... Do scammers really have to save the town? About the book Terry Pratchett is an author who can talk simply about complex things and do it with humor and accuracy. "Maurice The Incredible and his learned rats" is a separate story from "Diskosvit: beyond the cycles", written so that it is read with equal interest by teenagers and adults. This is a book where wit works together with a clear narrative, and fantastic elements serve the content, not the other way around. In the center of the plot is Maurice the cat, who speaks and thinks too rationally to live an ordinary cat life. Together with smart rats and a guy named Keith, he travels around the cities, earning money on a well-designed scheme. Everything goes according to plan, until the next city turns out to be much more complex than it seemed. There are already rats, there are hunters for them, and there is a threat that changes the rules of the game. The book addresses questions of responsibility, leadership, Free Will, and what it means to be an intelligent being. The author speaks about this without instructions, through the actions of the characters and the logic of events. The theme of co-existence, acceptance of differences, and distrust of simple answers sounds clear but restrained, leaving room for the reader's own conclusions.