1 | ->''Like their age old enemies, mice too can be consumed by curiosity.'' |
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3 | Pedlar is a young yellow-necked mouse who lives in Hedgerow. When he reaches a certain age, Pedlar decides to leave his family to go on a journey to live at the mysterious, far-off place known only as "the House". |
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5 | ''House of Tribes'' is a 1995 book by Creator/GarryKilworth. It's a fantasy book about mice. |
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8 | !!This book provides examples of: |
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10 | * HumansAreSmelly: Tinker thinks that nudniks are unhygenic because they can't lick themselves well like mice can. |
11 | * HumansByAnyOtherName: Mice call humans "nudniks". |
12 | * HypocriticalHumor: Tinker claims to hate humans but is always talking about them. |
13 | * IronicName: Every single member of the mouse tribe "Invisibles" has that kind of a name; Hearallthings (deaf), Goingdownfast (an excellent swimmer), Ferocious (the meekest one), etc. |
14 | * KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Flegm's]] last words are "Push on, he says. I couldn't push a spr-" His friend is noted to spend the rest of his life wondering what the last word was going to be. "Sprout? Spring? Sprocket?" |
15 | * MeaningfulName: Justified as mice aren't named until they display traits. For example, Pedlar is named for his quirk of trading food with others. |
16 | * MouseWorld: ''House Of Tribes'' shows life entirely from the perspective of rodents living in Britain. To them, even a single house is mysterious. |
17 | * UnpleasantAnimalCounterpart: The protagonists are all mice, while one of the antagonists is a mean dirty old murderous rat. |
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