The Tale of Despereaux Chapter 22 Summary

He Puts His Heart Together Again

  • Roscuro's devastated as he runs from the banquet, realizing that he's a rat and that the light will never belong to him.
  • He grabs a soup spoon though and puts it on his head, thinking that he may be a rat, but that he also needs something beautiful. Then he decides that he'll get revenge someday.
  • The king calls to his men to find the rat, but Roscuro has already retreated to the dungeons…where he belongs.