When a scruffy little boy named Roger knocks on the door of an elderly couple, he has a very strange claim: he insists that he used to be a rat. Bob the cobbler and Joan the washerwoman take the hungry boy in, but the rest of the city is not so kind. As Roger wanders the streets, everyone sees him differently. A sensational newspaper declares him a terrifying monster running wild in the sewers. A hospital nurse diagnoses him with a rare delusion. A greedy fairground owner sees him as a lucrative freak show attraction, while a local thief thinks he is the perfect size for wriggling through windows. Only three people truly believe Roger's bizarre story. Set against the bustling backdrop of a Royal Wedding, this clever tale reveals what happens after the fairy tale ends. It might just take a royal intervention and a sprinkle of lingering magic to convince the world of the truth.