The little black Easter bunny
(who didn't know if he was a bunny or a cat) *
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Good Little Girl remembers:
"Many Easters ago, we gave our children a little black bunny. We brought it into the house after everyone was in bed. We put papers down in the kitchen, and the bunny used them right away.
My husband sang at the long Vigil Mass that night. When we came home, the bunny was fast asleep. We decided to leave him uncaged for the night. The kids would be delighted to find him. We hid the baskets and went to bed.
In the morning, we all gathered at the top of the stairs. We went down together to light the Paschal Candle and look for our baskets.
You won't believe what we found! Our mother cat was in the middle of the living-room floor nursing her five kittens AND the bunny. He was nestled in with the others, enjoying family life.
The bunny thrived and was soon a handsome outdoor rabbit. He had one problem. He found female cats attractive. He chased them and approached them in such a way that the neighbors complained. We thought that a freer environment would suit him better than our neighborhood, so we did what people did in those days: We took him to the zoo.
He ran across the grass, climbed a little brick enclosure, and began chasing a female ostrich."
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* Bulletin Board, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 04/04/2015
"Many Easters ago, we gave our children a little black bunny. We brought it into the house after everyone was in bed. We put papers down in the kitchen, and the bunny used them right away.
My husband sang at the long Vigil Mass that night. When we came home, the bunny was fast asleep. We decided to leave him uncaged for the night. The kids would be delighted to find him. We hid the baskets and went to bed.
In the morning, we all gathered at the top of the stairs. We went down together to light the Paschal Candle and look for our baskets.
You won't believe what we found! Our mother cat was in the middle of the living-room floor nursing her five kittens AND the bunny. He was nestled in with the others, enjoying family life.
The bunny thrived and was soon a handsome outdoor rabbit. He had one problem. He found female cats attractive. He chased them and approached them in such a way that the neighbors complained. We thought that a freer environment would suit him better than our neighborhood, so we did what people did in those days: We took him to the zoo.
He ran across the grass, climbed a little brick enclosure, and began chasing a female ostrich."
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* Bulletin Board, St. Paul Pioneer Press, 04/04/2015
H a p p y E a s t e r ! ! !
