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BUNISHMENT

A weakling in the family of royalty, it such a difficult experience. Because here in the Desert of Botswana my homeland, domain or kingdom, you must be tough especially when you are the first male Meerkat of the king and queen. Yet not until I was goofing around with my friends when I mistakenly push my best friend on the wall which ends up destroying everything. Making my family members disappointed, but when I overheard the other Meerkats complaining to my father as the king that I should leave. Therefore, I decided to leave that my parents might be at peace. with the treacherous and heartless uncle of mine planning something evil against my father, so I decided to embark the journey back as the Warrior stop his evil plots. Am I worthy to stand and see my father or will I disappointed him once again?

Being a weakling in the family of royalty, it such a difficult experience.
       Because here in the Desert of Botswana my homeland, domain or kingdom, you must be tough especially when you are the first male Meerkat of the king and queen.
      By the way, my name is Herod; I don’t mostly take things seriously.
      I am always a goofball which makes my parents disappointed in me.
      Especially my little sister Rehab who is twelve years of age even though we don’t have ages as human do, but Rehab is a very serious Meerkat.
      My parents’ names are Pilot and Esther respects her and would choose her to be the next Queen if I don’t take my heritage as the first seriously.
      While it was rainy outside after I destroyed the new enlarging underground tunnels.
     We mostly have two-centimeter claws that only that we only use for digging. 

 So today around twelve o’clock, we were enlarging our underground kingdom or homes because more of the Meerkats are enlarging day by day.
    My father and mother include my sister Rehab were helping workers with the dig. As for Mr. Goofball here with two of my pals Oliver and Judah were digging and playing at the same time. 
    “Herod… Oliver… and Judah stops running or something disastrous will happened!” The King shouted at them.
     Yet I and my friends didn’t listen, looking up and saw a small thick cloud of rain getting thicker and bigger.
      Unless something happened like dad predicted because I mistakenly push Oliver on the wall of the hallways we were digging.
     Also, they were others upon the long stairs, enlarging the ceiling.
     However, when I push Oliver on the wall, the entire underground kingdom shook which made everything fall to the ground includes the ceiling.
    Luckily everyone ran far to the other right side of the underground kingdom with their children. I and my friends stayed out the open when it started raining.
    “Herod, you see what have you done? Did I tell you and your friends to stop running now you see the consequence?
     Ahu, you are an embarrassment and I am ashamed to be the king.” Pilot groaned while shaking his head left and right then walk away.
     His mother and little sister remained while his friends walk away.
    “Yeah, mother… say it –I deserve it?” Herod shouted. “Um, you really disappointed me as a mother, Hero.” Esther signed after calling his name in short and walked away.
     “How about you Rehab?” He asked. You made us all ashamed brother.
    And when are you going to take things seriously, I mean you’re the first male child of the royal family, but you don’t act like one? Rehab wailed in tears and ran away.

Banishment

“Yup, now I am alone again even my own friends abandoned me.” Hero mumbled to himself.
    “Yes, Hero you really disappointed all of us!” Uncle Sam cooked his head.
    Uncle Sam marched away mumbling to himself in anger and Aunt Bell was about to follow her husband while smiling at me.
     “Hum, Aunt Bell are you ashamed of me too?” Herod asked.
She turns around to face made and while saying this munificent and encouragement sentence, but I don’t if it was or not.
    “Well, no-no child because everyone learns from their mistakes therefore dear you are learning from your mistakes. Now see you later.” Bell answered and continued walking.
      Elsewhere within this the same underground kingdom, King Pilot was begging everyone to have mercy upon his son, but they were overwhelmed with anger.
     Herod was now standing out on the door entrance seeing and hearing everyone calling him names which were really hurtful to him.
     “Quiet down everyone- I am begging you to have mercy on my son.
     You all know that he is still young and on the development of learning?” Pilot begged.
     “No, our King this time we won’t let your son stay or have mercy upon him!
      Today he almost kill us all and you us to forgive him-no?” Numen shouted.
      “Your Majesty, that irresponsible son of yours must go we don’t need him anymore!” One of the Meerkats snarled.
      “We must banish him, Your Highness! Let him leave unless he learns how to take things seriously! Chase away that unintelligent son of yours!” Sam growled.
      Behind the King where his younger brother Sam, was enjoying what the people and thought some evil thoughts against his older brother.
     “Now what will you do brother? Chase away that an important and imbecile son of yours already, hahaha!” He thought in laughter.
     Until all of them were quieter down by the pleading of the king for them to quiet down.
     Quiet down, my people…alright, I will let my son leave and besides I don’t have any choice,” Pilot answered with a sign in tears after everyone cheered. 

Banishment

 Herod heard everything when his father says that he doesn’t have any choice.
     At least that what he told his people when his best friend Abigail the most enchant gorgeous Meerkat tap him on his shoulder.
     The young prince turned around and encounters his best friend Abigail.
     “What are you doing here alone and why aren’t you with everyone?” Abigail asked.
       "Ha-ha-ha, go ahead and laugh Abigail and didn’t you just heard everyone saying that I must leave?” Herod snapped.  “Hey-hey hold on, Herod what really going on?
      And yes I heard everything because I saw seeing everything at the entrance, but this is not the time to get upset?
       And of course my parents Duke Phillip and Duchess Sarai as one of the people who was saying to leave, but I wasn’t?” She gulped. 
       “I have to go-need to leave this place so goodbye Abigail!” Herod growled and walked away. “You can’t be serious, Herod?” Abigail panicked.
“      Later Abigail-adios!” Herod beamed and run away in tears.  After every one of the Meerkats had gone, King Pilot came rushing outside with the others at where Abigail was, but he was too late because Herod was already out the open wild.
     “Lady Abigail where is my poor son? And why are you crying? King Pilot asked.
       “Your Highness he already went because he heard the complained of the people saying that he must leave,” Abigail reported.
      “Oh no, my poor child, but I didn’t have any choice.” He whimpered.
     “Well, he’s gone there is nothing we can do,” Queen Esther signed till they all returned back.
      So here I am living on my own out the open after more clouds covered the surface sky and began raining. I ran for covered under the short bushes of trees.
      Once more it rains all night, but back home in the Underground Kingdom a huge flood of water from the rain entered our underground kingdom from the place which was left opened killing and drowning many of them, but others escaped.
      Outside some of the Meerkat was preyed on by huge night predators such the huge snakes and flying birds such as owls, cheetahs, and others of the meat eater animals.
      Some other experiences threat we experience here in Botswana, it dried season and most it doesn’t rain for water to drink and the food is scarce, and some of us died with hunger.
      Other endangering threats to us are the fire which human may start or it comes from thunder lighting, destroying our land and killed a lot of our food though some escaped the food it’s too little for all of us, so we face starvation.
       Sometimes, hunters who are human took our family members, putting them into cages and took them for sale in foreign countries, so they are only a few of the Meerkats. 

Banishment

I felt sad for them but there is nothing that I can do after all I am irresponsible.
     Henceforth, I climbed the tree for dry height atmosphere and was straight asleep.
      While the young Meerkat or some may say a lonely wolf, was awakened by a mysterious sound around six in the morning.
       Waking up and saw a huge carriage with rabbits and bunnies with their family members in it.
     “Well-well, what we have here if it isn’t my new family?” He thought.
        Climbing down from the tree and rushed towards the huge carriage.
       Herod looks back home where he came from one last time until he continued screaming after them on top of his lungs to wait for him.
      “Excuse me- hey