Some of the rats had managed to escape to the kitchen but still died when the Pied Piper was killed and no one bothered to remove their dead bodies.
It looked very unhygienic in the kitchen as if years of lizard and rat dropping had built up on the floor and amongst the rushes.
Rushes were supposed to reduce the odor in the kitchen but if no one changed them regularly then they just added to the stench and the build up of dust and insects that lived inside them.
Fruits and vegetable peels had fallen to the floor from the preparation from the wedding feast and now they lay rotted on the floor of the kitchen.
Mold was growing from fruits and vegetables that were not stored properly.
Tainted meat was out in the open with maggots and flies buzzing around them and Robin prayed they were not planning to serve that for dinner later.
The worst sight to greet them was the jarring spectacle happening on the large wooden kitchen table.
