Waiting for something to happen

"What's this?" said the rat.
"It appears to be a hole in the wall" said the other.
"What's it's doing there?" asked the first.
"Don't know", replied the other, "but if you stand by and watch, you'll be the first to find out."

And so while the first rat stood and watched the hole, patiently waiting to see what would happen next, the other went off and had first dibs in all the finest dumpsters in the city, partied all night long with the cool rats down at the dockyard, got a charge out of chewing on an exposed electrical wire, found a way into the local brewery's barley shed, and solved the age old mystery of how to get the cheese out of the trap, without putting one's neck on the line.

After a time the other rat wondered just how his friend the first rat was doing, so he decided to pay him a visit.

"How's it going?" he asked.
"Not bad" said the first.
"Anything happening? asked the other.
"No, replied the first with a sigh.
"C'mon, I'll buy ya a beer" offered the other, putting his arm companionably around the first rats shoulders, but to his amazement the first rat shook his head and said.
" Very nice of you to offer, but I can't leave now; I don't want to miss anything" ....

Again, Thank you TF, for providing the inspiration. :)