The Bunny
So last week, Thomas and I went for a walk around the neighborhood and through Wolf Pen Creek, as we often do. It was getting dark so things were getting more difficult to see. A block from our house, we noticed a bright white blob in someone’s yard. No, it was not an angel or anything of the sort, but the cutest, sweetest, little white bunny with small ears and big brown eyes. The bunny was just chilling in someone’s front yard munching away at weeds. He was so consumed with his weed-eating that we were able to squat down two feet away from him–I suspected that he was blind. Thomas figured he probably escaped through the backyard with the open gate. We didn’t give it much thought until two nights later when who did we see, but the same cute little bunny! He was up to his same business of eating in the dark open to dog attacks and animal killers. It didn’t take too much convincing to get Thomas to try to capture it to make it our very own backyard bunny. So we got a box and attempted to corral him into it, but he knew our tricks and hopped away as fast as he could through the open gate. We couldn’t tresspass and get him out of whoever’s yard it was, so we figured that’s where he lived and left him alone. But as we drove the next night, guess who we saw? Our not-so-blind cute little bunny friend. So much for our very own backyard bunny. Maybe he’s really just a vampire.

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE ON THE BUNNY SITUATION: So we went for another walk immediately after I wrote this post. And who did we see? The bunny. We took it as a sign that he really did need a home, and we came home and got a box and a plan. On our way over, we met a boy from down the street who loves to climb trees and rollerblade. He decided to help us. While the boy and I attempted to chase the bunny into Thomas and the box (but not into the street), the lady of the house happened to see us and come out. Yikes. However, she was so nice and said that it was her neighbor’s bunny and they let it roam free in their yards. She also said we weren’t the first people to try to catch the sneaky little bunny. So, again, no bunny, but we got to meet lots of neighbors, which was really fun too.
April 22nd, 2005 at 12:41 pm
Do you think it was the Easter Bunny? What does the Easter Bunny have to do with the death and resurrection of Christ? Do you believe in the Easter Bunny? Have you ever seen a bunny lay an egg? Was the egg pastel colored? Do you like eggs? Scrambled or fried? Does Thomas have a pastel striped shirt from the Gap? I hope not. I have so many questions.
April 23rd, 2005 at 11:50 am
Stealing bunnies? What has come of you two? But seriously, that bunny has the freakiest eys I have ever seen. In the picture, it just looks like holes in the head. Run away, Run away!!
April 26th, 2005 at 12:06 am
i definitely caught the bunnicula allusion. i just want to say thomas, you did a great job describing that cute bunny. very manly.