Rabbit’s Foot
PLUMPER BUNNY, SISTER to Thumper, Bumper, Jumper, Midsummer, and twenty-seven others of her surviving siblings and half-siblings, regarded the site where her right, front paw had been located. The stump had completely healed.
She had paid dearly to protect and to nurture her young, and as an unexpected result, she and they had found themselves relocated to a place of safety. Even though she would remain crippled for life, her kittens would survive, and, hopefully, produce generations of their own.
On balance, after being transported, some of her dearest bunnies had gone astray. Snowflake, for instance, had chosen to nest with Hortance, a narcissistic buck, who fed himself before scouring forbs for his and Snowflakes’ wee ones, and who insisted that Snowflake denude her che
