Mouse
Scout
Scout verb - To make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter.
Both words in one sentence
- Now, with a name meaning "mouse" in German, you'd expect it to be a small light scout tank, right?
Source: Non Indicative Name / Real Life -
It pays off with the mouse telling the rabbits about a good feeding place, Kehaar acting as their scout and air support, and the mouse giving them advance warning of the Efrafan attack, which likely saved the warren.
Source: Literature / Watership Down -
It ends up earning them the friendship of a mouse, who tells them about a good feeding place, gives them information on the proximity of men, and gives them advance warning when the Efrafans come to attack; and later nets Kehaar, a gull, as a very useful ally and scout.
Source: Androcles' Lion
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