Paradise Hills

## General Overview

Paradise Hills is a small town just a few days' journey from Sillyvision. It is very small and old-fashioned. Most of the roads are packed earth marked up from use by horses and coaches. Most of the buildings are made of wood but some of the more official ones, such as the post office, are made of bricks (Ch 291). Many of the homes in the town are single-story (Ch 293). The town is kept clean and welcoming, with pretty flowers planted in public areas. Despite its small size, there are a variety of businesses in Paradise Hills including a fruit stand, a barbershop and a church. The road leading into town has a large welcome sign with the town's name on it. Surrounding the town is forest and hills (Ch 291).

### Town History

Despite its pleasant appearance Paradise Hills hides a dark history behind its' cheery exterior. About ten years ago there was an incident between residents. Bill Bear, a grumpy bear toon, caught Jack Rabbit, a local annoying chatterbox, stealing cabbages from his garden. The two got in a fight and Bill ended up biting Jack. Jack happened to have family with connections and got Bill Bear sentenced to the harshest punishment for carnivore toons - having his teeth ground down. Bill could only drink through a straw afterwards (Ch 292).

A couple of months after the ruling the two wolf families in the area, the Silvertails and the Morrisons, were still upset at the ruling and decided to band together to have a wolf candidate, Neil Silvertail, run for office. The townsfolks begin to get scared about the wolves winning the office, which is only fueled by Jack Rabbits' continued anti-carnivore rhetoric. Tensions rise until some kids get into a fight on the playground and a wolf girl, Beatrice Silvertail, bites one of the other kids. The townspeople become furious and create a mob to drive out/kill all the carnivores in the town and capture Beatrice to ground down her teeth. Neil and Beatrice's father hear about the mob and rush around to warn the other carnivores but are unable to escape themselves and are killed by the mob. Many of the other wolves run into the nearby forests to escape but many are either shot or tarred, feathered and hung by the mob (Ch 292). Beatrice is almost caught at one point but manages to bite her attackers and escape (Ch 293). In the aftermath of the mob, the bodies of the victims were left hanging for months afterwards. It is unknown how many of the carnivores escaped/survived the mob but there is at least one currently known survivor, Boris (Ch 226).

The town covers up this history as best it can and even the newspapers from the time show a distorted vision of events that paints the wolves as the villains (Ch 292).

To this day prejudice against carnivore toons runs rampant around the town. Stereotypes and racist beliefs are common amongst the population (Ch 292). The very sight of a carnivore, even one usually considered innocuous such as a cat, is meant by stares and glares. The residents actively hide away from these towns and are either bewildered, terrified or actively hostile toward them. The sheriff will even show up to physically remove carnivore toons from the town moments after them steeping city limits in some cases (Ch 291).

## Paradise Hills Bar/Diner

This combination bar and diner sits on the corner of one of Paradise Hill's main streets. It is a small establishment, with a line of booths along one wall. A long counter divides the seating area from the counter with stools sitting in front of it for patrons to sit on. It seems to be a popular place amongst residence as it always seems to have customers of some kind enjoying themselves (Ch 291).

## Fergison's House

Ferg's house is located closer to the edge of town in a quiet neighbourhood. The wooden house is more of a shack-like cabin than a full home as it is only one room that the squeaky front door opens directly into. On the far side of the room is a fireplace while the opposite side has a cot in one corner. In the other corner of the wall with a cot against it is a table. There is also a small stool. The house is covered in piles of junk such as cans, newspapers, shoes and apple cores. There are also signs of mice living in the home and mouse traps scattered about. The lighting is dim and the air is stagnant and smelly, creating an uncomfortable atmosphere (Ch 292). After the events of Chapter 293 Ferg's house was cleaned up once again. Shelves and cupboards were also added to the home to help organize the chaos.

## Mayor Jack Rabbit's House

The Mayor's house is located on top of a hill overlooking the town. It is a wide two-story home made of wood and stone with large windows. The front door has a heavy knocker on it. The interior of the home is decorated with expensive dark wood furniture and fine upholstery. The greeting room on the bottom floor has vases with fresh flowers and wood carvings decorating the space. Awards and pictures are also hung on the walls. There are bookshelves, two cabinets and a couple of lamps to light the space. There is also a small bar counter with a bottle on it set next to a leather chair. In the corner beside the bookshelves is a taxidermied bear on its hind legs with a paw raised and it's mouth open menacingly. In another corner is a taxidermied wolf atop a fake rock, crouched and snarling menacingly (Ch 293). After the events of Chapter 293 both of these taxidermied statues were destroyed and removed.