The Lucky Little Bunny

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As the story goes once when the world was covered by fantastic magic
forests of filled with Treacle trees and crispy honey grass some very
special spaces existed within the realms of understanding . Some of
these spaces were regarded a fairyland and not as a materialistic
wasteland where we find ourselves today .

Before Easter had arrived there was not much need for chocolate and
caramel and the rulers of Fairyland were considering cutting down the
chocolate forests and mulching them into cholate chip to cover the
rocky caramel outcrops . Candy covered clusters of wild flowers had
scattered them selves amongst the caramel stones and unless something
was done the fudge forests would be overrun by nuts and nougat .

In the mist of time before the Fairyland migration began, all the bunny
rabbits had awoke from their long winter sleep to collect nuts and
berries .
There was so much chocolate lying around the forest that no one worried
or wanted for a feed .
A little furry black rabbit called Skip scurried through the forest and
stopped to say hello to a squirrel half way up a tree .
"Nuts nuts nuts . It's the season to be gathering again"
said the squirrel .

"I'm fed up with all this . "
said Skip the rabbit .

"With what " the squirrel replied .

" Its always the same thing year after year . Sleep and eat . Hibernate
and Hop and gather up again . I need a change of scene . I need
something else
in life . I want to experience different things about life "

"My I don't ever know why . Good bye" said the squirrel who ran off
into the leafy treacle top .
"Goodbye and enjoy the nuts ."
Said Skip who hopped off into the forest .

He hopped for days and weeks until he felt a large pair of hands grab
him .
In a brief moment Skip was thrown into a Hessian sack and carried
away.
The hours flew past with Skip all huddled up inside the sack .
Skip was bundled out from the sack into a cooking pot that hung over a
open hearth fire inside an old cottage .
An old woman's voice shouted out

"I'm sorry little bunny but I must cook you up . I am very hungry and
if I don't have you for dinner I will surely perish ."
Skip glanced up at the old woman and said ,
"Well then if you must eat me then could I just have one last look at
the world and take one last deep breath of fresh air '
the old woman smiled and nodded .
She lifted Skip and walked over to the window .
As she opened it up immediately Skip jumped out and hopped away as
fast
And immediately Skip jumped out and hopped away as fast as he
could
from the cottage. Out the window and down the road went Skip chased by
the old woman with an axe in her hand .
"Come back little bunny : she screamed .
But Skip was gone in a matter of seconds ,
"Gasp that was a close one "
Sitting behind an old tree stump Skip caught his breath .

"Now I've got you " said a deep voice staring into Skips face and he
continued "You're mine "
Skip hung there by his ears in the hand of a hunter who licked his
hairy lips and gave a hungry smile . His barking wolfhound made Skip
very frightened
But summoned up the courage to say .
"Please don't eat me . You'll find that my skin is too tough. "
The hunter laughed ,
"I don't care how tough you are because I'm so hungry I'll probably
just swallow you whole without chewing ."
Skip took a deep gasp and said ,
"Well I don't mind you eating me "
Said Skip ,
"But the thing is I'm much better cooked over a big fire ."
The hunter nodded and was just about to put Skip down on the ground and
light a fire when Skip said ,
"Don't you think that you should tie up your wolfhound first in case he
eats me up while you're busy collection sticks.."
"That's a good idea "
The hunter nodded and as he placed Skip on the ground to get some rope
Skip jumped and made a dash for his life .
"Bye Bye " said Skip who was out of sight in seconds .
Skip rested on top of a hill and saw that the Fudge forest was not far
away
And so decided to head back to the safety there .
His little heart jumped into his throat as a pair of hands grabbed him
.
"Look at the little bunny "
Said a small group of children who crowded around in a circle .
Skip begged for mercy .
"Please don't eat me "
The children began to laugh and one of them said ,
"We don't want to eat you we want to take you home with us .
We want to look after you ."
Skip who was now covered in white fur said ,
"Look after me ?"
"You're so cute and loveable little bunny . Can we keep you?'
"Sure just let me fetch my spare set of buck teeth and my extra fur
coat and I'll be right back '
"Where do you live ?"
"Just there in the fudge forest ."
Said Skip .
"Well hurry up then and come back right away."
" Right ."
They let Skip go and he bounded away into the safety of the fudge
forest .
There was no way Skip was ever going back .
That evening he called all of the creatures in the forest for a special
meeting and told them all about his adventures in the big world outside
.
When they noticed how Skips fur had changed colour and close he had
come a number of times they proposed to help Skip and asked him for
some ideas .
After much thought Skip said ,
"It seems that everywhere I went all the people were hungry and lonely
and I suggest that we should use all our resources in the fudge forest
and make sure that the outer people would never feel hunger again
."

So from that day on the creatures of the forest made chocolate eggs
filled with caramel . Then once they were packed they were delivered by
the bunny rabbits from the forest . That began a special time in
fairyland when
every man woman and child in the outer regions received a chocolate egg
or a special caramel or fudge treat .

Aren't we lucky to have such friends ?

By Paul McCann

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