[subtenante]

> "They totally freak me out," says Courtney Bledsoe, as she sees a rat dart across the street while picking up her son at a Lincoln Park preschool.

And we're having rats picking up children at school, now.

[noonespecial]

And if they are going to pick up children, the least they could do is cross the street carefully at the designated crosswalk rather than just darting willy-nilly. Rats these days...

[subtenante]

No no no. She's not freaked at by the rats at all, but by the kids! That's why she lets the rats pick them up.

[hitekker]

For those interested, the ambiguous phrasing of the quote is called a "dangling participle"

https://www.usu.edu/markdamen/WritingGuide/10dangpt.htm

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/dangling-...

[ASalazarMX]

That certainly would freak out anybody.

[gumby]

That would be a hell of a big rat, no matter what grade in school we're talking about.