London’s Hidden Rat City

Long ago, before humans built London, there was just a river surrounded

by grassy hills and trees. It was the domain of furry things that scurry.

I’m talking about rats. When humans began building, the rats took to

the nooks and crannies, and also underground for a while. Then the humans, or OVERgrounders

as they’re called, started digging to make subways. Rats went even farther down.

But like I said, that was ages ago, before this an entire beautiful, bustling Underground

rat city existed. Who am I and why am I telling you this? We’ll get to that

in a moment,