The abandoned mine is located in a field with a few trees. It is unable to be seen from far away. The closer you get the more you  notice the ground caving in around the hole. When you peer down into the mine, you see crumbling walls and concrete and a hole so deep you can't see where it ends.
Abandoned mine entrance, Abandoned
a serving boy
rat
I am a large gray rat that scurries around in the castle walls. I like visiting the kitchen to snack on the bread crumbs. I carry diseases, so don’t touch me.
I know you from the castle You blasted, rat!  You're always trying to steal the Kings crumpets.  Be gone!  can't you see boy.  I wasn't always a rat.  I was a thief but was hexed by a witch and turned into a rat.  You used to serve me beer .  I had the scar over my right eye.  Can't you see it. Well, looking closer at your face I can see the resemblance now.  What have you done to anger a witch so much that she has transformed you into a rat?