Category: Literary Fiction Publisher: Raider Publishing International
Copyright: March 2013
Price: $5.00 (eBook)
It is a moving tale that forecasts the unity and Rise of Africa. cats and Rodents have been used to show the predator-prey relationship between Europe and Africa
Excerpt
Born a last born of elderly parents, Ododo Lehita had nurtured the babysh qualities of many a last born. Old Lehita could not train him into lixapata and lipapata techniques of hunting as was the tradition in Leopardom. At sixteen, Ododo had lost his father to the leveller of all distinctions in Animalia. His mother's attempts to teach him hit the wall. Ododo lehita was beyond reasonable doubt a pampered cub. At seven when other cubs are able to hunt small prey, Ododo absolutely inept yet so very greedy.
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Reviews for "Rise of Rodedom"
Reviewed by Judith koech
1/9/2015
Heheh.the rodents..intresting, people should read this..
Rodedom is derived from two words: RODENT and DOM to mean Kingdom of Rodents. The four rodent kingdoms in the story are Squrreldom, Haredom, Ratdom and Hedgehoga. The rodents represent Africa:
Squrreldom- North Africa
Haredom- West Africa
Ratdom- East Africa
Hedgehoga- South Africa
CATDOM on the other hand represents the West:
Liondom- The United States
Leopardom-
Hyenardom_
Tigerdom-
Cheetahdom-
Foxdom-
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