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    © 2003 Andrew Dormeier But what most would not see (since of course they are not that smart themselves) is that a rabbit's life can be a very enjoyable life indeed, and does not require all those archaic ideas like money and "big screen TV's" to be happy. So this rabbit had been living his life in a very rabbit-like way, tweaking some things in it, such as the garden. But as he was swallowing the last mouthful of grass, he heard someone say "What the hell." quite clearly no further than 40 feet away. This very much interrupted his meal, and he decided to see how a human could have gotten past his array of detection equipment. Hopping over the small hill in his way, he stopped 10 feet from the crumpled form. He quickly checked to see if any other people were nearby. Seeing none, he made his way to the obviously unconscious man, and got onto an old moss-covered log next to the black heap. The man had a light complected skin color as seen on his face and fingers; everything else was covered by clothing. What appeared to be a sword lie in a sheath on his back under a black cloak. The hilt rose above his right shoulder. A flashing light caught the rabbit's attention. It was coming form a small screen on the man's left arm. There was a small red light in the upper right corner flashing at one-second intervals. Text was scrolling down the screen:
At this point a beeping sound began that seemed to be coming from under the man's body. The man let out a groan, tried to push himself up with his right forearm, and opened his eyes right in front of the rabbit, six inches away. He got out "What the..." before another hole snapped into appearance beneath him and he fell through, followed closely by a mossy log and Pete the Rabbit. A peaceful silence overtook the forest as soon as the new hole had vanished, and things got back to normal. Charles poked his head out from the hole he had been hiding in, and went back to looking for food. In 2 minutes he had forgotten anything had ever happened. |
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