Sis bunny was still worried about the death of Mr. Armadillo
when she asked her mother “Mama, I am not sure all “humans” are bad animals.
Are you sure?” “Well, there might be a few who are not bad, but you can’t tell
by the way they look. It is best not to trust any of them.” “But Mama” said
Sis, “I saw a small human help a turtle who was trying to cross a road and she
didn't hurt the turtle.”
Sis decided to try to find this small human and see for
herself if she was nice or bad. Off she went into the woods toward the mounds
where some humans lived. She waited at the edge of the woods for a long time,
and finally saw the little human walking near the place where she was hiding.
As the human got close, Sis slowly moved into her path and said “are you nice
or bad?”
The little human was startled to see a talking bunny, and
sat right down on her knees. “Are you a magic bunny? How can you talk? Oh, I
wish you were a real bunny and not my imagination.”
“I am a real bunny. My name is Sis. What is yours?” “My name
is Sarah. Are you magic?” “I am just a regular bunny. But please tell me if you
are nice or bad. My Papa and Mama said humans are bad, and I saw you help a
turtle in trouble. I don’t think you are bad. Are you?”
“I am not bad. I love animals and want to help them in every
way I can. When I grow up I will be a special doctor just for animals. But I
didn’t know animals could talk. Do all animals talk?”
“Well, we can all talk, but some are very quiet and hard to
understand. Fish are like that. I can never understand what they say when I go
to the pond for a drink. I would like to talk to you again sometime, but now I
have to go home for supper. Can we talk again?”
Sarah liked that idea and told Sis she would look for her
tomorrow. When Sarah got home she told her mother about the bunny, and her
mother said “Now Sarah, don’t let your imagination run away with you. Animals
can’t talk. Period.” “But Mom, I did talk to her. She is a nice bunny.” “Well,
if you meet this bunny again, bring her home to meet me. Then we will see if
animals can talk.”
So the next day when the two almost friends met, Sarah
invited Sis to go with her to meet her mother. Sis was really worried about
this, but agreed. She jumped onto Sarah’s lap, and Sarah carried her home. When
she got there, Sarah’s mother said “Well, looks to me like you have caught a
nice juicy rabbit Sarah. A few weeks in a pen will fatten her right up. What’s
your name bunny?” But Sis couldn’t understand Sarah’s mother. Her words made no
sense at all so she said nothing at all. “NO!!! cried Sarah. "Sis is my friend.”
Her mother said “Give me the bunny right now Sarah. RIGHT NOW!”
But instead Sarah put Sis on the ground and said ‘Run Sis
run. Mama wants to put you in a cage. Don’t come back here. RUN!!”
Sis ran all the way home, and realized that what her mama
had told her was right: There may be some nice humans, but you couldn’t tell by
looking at them. She decided to be really careful when humans were near, and
not to trust them. Her Mama was sad to see Sis disillusioned like that, but she
thought it was better to be wary than to be caged.
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