When Rabbits Talk
A Tale Of 3 Rabbits, Two Girls and a Boy, And How One Wound Up Shunned, But Kept Her Dignity
By Bibi Farber
“I want to tell you a little bit about who we are. When I was a young bunny I was abandoned. I didn’t like those people anyway. They kept me in a cage. No rabbit should ever be in a cage. They didn’t want me anymore and they let me go free. But that was bad too. They thought it was OK to let me wander around near the woods. I was scared and didn’t know how to get food and be safe and warm. I even met outdoor rabbits. But we are not the same. They can be outdoors but I can’t.
“I went near the houses and people and a lady named Bibi kept giving me water and carrots and hay under a house. It was wintertime and my water froze every night. Then she read about abandoned rabbits and she understood I needed to be someone’s bunny and to live inside.
“She said I could be her bunny. And she caught me in a trap and I lived on her porch and then I was in her house. I was so happy to find a good place to be. I never was in a cage since then. I can go wherever I want.
“We adopted Bella because she lived in a VERY little cage on a freezing porch. People bought her at a fair for $25. Her people didn’t want to keep her anymore inside because they got a dog. Bibi said she could be our bunny too. I was so happy when she moved in with us. Bella was my best friend ever. We always cleaned each other and did everything together. Sometimes we would both chew on the end of a dandelion stem until we ended up kissing. Bella is almost twice as big as me. She chewed up all kinds of things in Bibi’s house. That’s because rabbit’s teeth never stop growing.
“We didn’t really need any more bunnies. But then Bibi stayed at her friend Patty’s house one night and Patty’s two hound dogs smelled something interesting in the bushes. It was a small white rabbit. He was abandoned. Patty stopped the dogs from hurting him and took him home and gave him salad.
“The next day Bibi took him back to our house. She thought we would just all be friends but Bella made Boxer her bunny. That means she cleaned him and cleaned him all the time. He only cleaned her - not me.
“Bella snapped at me and bit off my fur if I ever got near Boxer.
“I didn’t even want Boxer to be my bunny. I thought he was silly. I just missed Bella because she was my best friend.”
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I bought a bunny at an Easter fair once and took it home to my “NO PETS ALLOWED” apt. She ended up skootching under the balcony to my dreaded next-door neighbours who got me busted Luckilly the landlord thought I was cute and told me I needed to tell my “unusual house guest” she had to leave
Before she left she chewed the telephone wires of my dreaded next door neighbour
It was great! She couldn’t call anybody and complain for over a week
I have always loved the tales of Sandra! Bibi has a magical way of giving her voice. I highly recommend the story of Sandra, the Free Range Super Bunny! I would not steer you wrong!