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Story Secrets - The Ratfather

Story Secrets - The Ratfather

Update: 2025-05-31
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πŸ§€ I planned to write a cute squirrel story set in the Vatican Gardens.
It turned into The Godfather.


It was supposed to be a cozy little tale about nuts, teamwork, and helping your neighbor.


But then… the rat showed up.


He sauntered in, offered help, spoke in velvet tones, and called the squirrel β€œbrother.” Before I knew it, I was knee-deep in a squirrel-mafia parable about extortion, complicity, and sacrifice.


And somehow, it ended on Christmas Eve under the lights of St. Peter’s Square.


Β Read the final version of the story here: https://fatherroderick.substack.com/p/the-ratfather

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Story Secrets - The Ratfather

Story Secrets - The Ratfather

Fr. Roderick VonhΓΆgen