The huge mansion, as he remembered, was a beautiful place where could play hide and seek with all his friends all day and yet have places remaining where he can hide the next day. But only when he reached the village did he realise that they were not going to stay at the mansion. The mansion was abandoned after grandpa's death and is now infected with rats.

Raj was now staying at his uncle's house nearby which appeared small and uninteresting to Raj. He was not happy with how things were going. He can't let his vacations be this boring and uneventful. He decided to get the house rid of all the rats at any cost. But how? Raj asked his uncle to help. His uncle hesitated first saying that there is no use since the house was too big and there would be no one left to take care of it once Raj went back. But Raj pleaded a lot and his uncle told him about the three boys who were experts in catching rats.

However, before calling the rat-catchers, Raj decided to go and check the house all by himself.

What awaited him in the house was a maze of cobwebs speckled with lots of dust. Raj wasn't yet adept in counting, but he estimated the number of rats to at least a hundred. Raj also saw five cats in the mansion. They were very cute and charming. These cats preyed the rats for surviving.

The next day he returned with the three boys to finally get rid of the rats once and for all. But as soon as he entered the house, he saw one of the kittens staying there, playing with an almost dead rat. The kitten came running to Raj. It started rubbing its face on his legs and started purring. Raj realised how important these rats were to these cat's survival. It would be a mistake to kill them.

He sacrificed his dream to play hide and seek and told the three boys to go back. He was sad, but a sense of love and satisfaction overwhelmed him.