That episode was VERY hard to watch, even more than it was to read the novel. It still amazes me how so much went very wrong all because of a single disease ridden rat.

Cy_Man said in comment #2632187:

That episode was VERY hard to watch, even more than it was to read the novel. It still amazes me how so much went very wrong all because of a single disease ridden rat.

this is rat slander

none of this would have happened if rudeus had listened to cliff and didn't get a second wife

trapster77 said in comment #2632193:

this is rat slander

none of this would have happened if rudeus had listened to cliff and didn't get a second wife

Which was an insistent suggestion from Cliff's own wife, by the way.