We should feed dead bodies to rats. Discuss.

"The rats keep eating all our grain" said Lyra. "We keep building up the reserves, but they empty out too quickly and people die of starvation. How are we going to feed our colony?" Chieftain Margaret looked puzzled, frowned. This had been a problem for a while. Many of her loyal tribesmen had worked for months to fill the granary, and died of starvation when the rats ate the grain. Her tinkerer had attempted to raise the granary and keep the rats out, but it had not worked. "We should feed dead bodies to the rats." suggested the jester Robert. "People die of starvation anyways, and it would keep the rats out of the grains." Margaret chortled. "That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard. There is more grain than dead bodies, since they're fed by grain; this will not sate the rats, and they'll come for more. In fact, you always suggest really stupid ideas. Guards!" at that, the royal guards came in. "Kill him and feed him to the rats." That is how power