After falling on Snarlers, a huge fierce and seriously bad tempered monster of an alligator, Oddi finds himself up a tree.
As a young alligator and bored with normal life in the colony, Oddi, as he comes to be known, started learning to climb. Not being a naturally gifted climber, Oddi falls quite often. On this occasion he landed on the snout of the Snarliegator who chases him up a tree and says that he will eat Oddi when he comes down
So begins a life in the trees.

This is a nice pseudonym for a Scottish artist designer active in other fields of work. It was felt that there might be a clash of interests between my normal work and the story, stories of climbing alligators.
My work is wide and various and this story appeared following a chance remark that lead to another story in which the character of the Oddodile appeared. I was intrigued by the idea and allowed the story to develop over a long time period. I like the character, characters who appear within the story. The story has an inner logic and a kind of life concept. It draws inspiration from such books as Winnie the Pooh and The Jungle Book and should be seen as a bit of fun. My normal artistic work doesn't really permit too much humour.
I have used unconventional language as a way of looking at the world from a slightly different non-human perspective. I have no great expectations for this book, but I felt that it could and should be out there.
Thanks to modern technology, it is possible to self publish quite easily. Originally, I intended just to launch the text only book on Ki ndle and get around to an illustrated version when I have time. However, there was an option to have a paperback printed and delivered, and this I tried. When I am near my main computer again, I will add a coversheet and website details and so on, but this is not possible at present. But now that I have completed this story, I have started the continuation.
The first chapter is included here. I will also add a A4 and A3 pdf. colouring book of a simplified first chapter for download.
I will add illustrations here as and when I have them to enhance the experience of understanding the book.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oddodile-Kenneth-Neurath/dp/1521325642/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1499410515&sr=8-1&keywords=oddodile