Snippets

Little Peter Cottontail (he IS the Easter Bunny! according to dear little granddaughter... who does call on Easter Eve to make sure I keep his cage open so he can get out) had a harrowing experience the other day. He was exploring a gap between the azalea and the fence and curiosity got the best of him. He slipped thru and got himself stuck between the neighbors' metal shed and stack of firewood.

We prodded him with willow branches but he was not going to budge. Our sweet neighbor got a pool cue and gently nudged him from the other side, no luck. We could barely reach him. With a lot of effort we were able to grab the hair on his back and gently tugged, he cried out, from fear or pain I couldn't tell. I was trying not to panic, he had moved enough to get stuck tight, he couldn't go forward nor could he go back. In the end we tore apart and re-stacked almost a cord of wood, trying hard to not let it cave in him.

My neighbor was finally able to reach in and lift him by his 'scruff' and hand him to me over the fence. He snuggled deep in my arms for quite sometime before popping his head up and looking about. I made sure he was okay and back in his cage he went. He took a long drink of water and stretched out to sun himself. Naughty bunny, but the picture of his little cotton tail sticking out from the gap (before getting stuck) was so cute, just as you could imagine Benjamin Bunny and Peter Rabbit heading off for some mischief. (June 1, 2007)