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Bunnies live in holes because they need
to hide from predators. Of course, they don't live in holes all the
time. Sometimes they need to go out to forage for vegetables. Other
times they leave their hole to find other bunnies. It is said that
sometimes they do both on the same trip.
There is another kind of bunny, not
like the others. This bunny is mean and nasty. This bunny hides in
holes too, but it does not hide from predators, it hides from other
bunnies. This special kind of bunny is called a snitch bunny.
Snitch bunnies hide because snitches get stitches.
Bridget O'Bunny was just such a bunny.
She was brought up in a bad family. Her family taught her all the
wrong things. Though she was a bunny, she foolishly thought she was
a wolf. Strange as it my seem, she thought all bunnies were really
wolves and because of this she looked down on those fellow bunnies who behaved like bunnies and not wolves.
Worse yet, she helped the wolves get the bunnies.
Of course, if the bunnies knew that
Bridget O'Bunny was a snitch bunny, no bunny would play with her.
She would be lonely. She would never be able to come out of her
hole. On the other hand, if Bridget O'Bunny didn't assist the wolves
she mistook as her own and help them to capture and eat her fellow
bunnies, they might eat her instead.
Bridget O'Bunny knew how to pretend to
be friendly. She moved from place to place, befriending other
bunnies, watching them carefully to learn their secrets, and then,
when these poor bunnies were not looking, she would give the secrets
to the wolves. This way, the wolves could catch and eat the bunnies.
The wolves, because of Bridget O'Bunny, knew at what time a bunny
would leave his hole, where a bunny would eat, where a bunny would
go. This made it very easy for the wolves. Bridget was a heartless
bunny. It was in this way and for this reason that Bridget O'Bunny
befriended Steve De Bunny giving us this story that is sad, not
funny.
Steve was a happy bunny. He had a good
friend. They hopped happily together. They were a special pair.
One day, when Steve De Bunny was far away from home, missing his
special bunny friend, Bridget O'Bunny hopped into Steve De Bunny's
life.
Bridget O'Bunny gave Steve De Bunny
endless complements. She fawned over their new "friendship."
She pretended to like Steve De Bunny. She pretended to like him more
than Steve's special bunny liked him. Lonely and sad, Steve De
Bunny, bit by bit, came to love Bridget O'Bunny. Steve De Bunny
could not see what Bridget O'Bunny was up to because he was blinded
by love. Little by little, Bridget O'Bunny learned his secrets, gave
them to the wolves, and hopped out of his life, leaving him sad,
lonely, and depressed.
Because of Bridget O'Bunny, Steve De
Bunny lost his special friend. It took him a long time to learn to
live without Bridget O'Bunny. Though it was hard, he did learn. In
time, he got over Bridget O'Bunny and built for himself a new life in
a new place. He fell in love with another bunny and the pair had
their own bunny baby.
There came a time, a long time later,
when the wolves decided they wanted Steve De Bunny. Bridget O'Bunny
was more than happy to help the wolves. Secretly, she missed Steve
De Bunny. She saw this as an opportunity to watch Steve De Bunny,
secretly and from a distance. She followed him around like a monster
in the shadows. She spread terrible rumors about him and his special
bunny. She spread rumors about Steve De Bunny's beautiful bunny
baby.
While this was happening, Steve De
Bunny was confused. "How do the wolves know where to find me? How
do the wolves know how to predict what I will do? Why do the wolves
say bad things about my special bunny and our beautiful baby bunny?"
One day, Steve De Bunny saw Bridget
O'Bunny in the shadows, watching. He secretly watched back. He saw
Bridget O'Bunny talking with the wolves. He now knew what was
happing to his beloved bunny family. His old friend, Bridget
O'Bunny, was not a friend. She was a snitch bunny.
Snitch bunnies cannot snitch well when
they cannot hide. Bridget O'Bunny returned to her hole. Now she
was known. In time, all the bunnies came to know about Bridget
O'Bunny the snitch bunny. No one would trust her anymore. Bridget O'Bunny could never come out of her hole again, because nobunny likes snitch bunnies.
Now, you might think that Bridget
O'Bunny would learn that what she had done was wrong. You might
think she would feel badly about what she had done to Steve De Bunny
and all the other bunnies, especially the ones she fed to the wolves.
You might think that, but only because you are not a snitch bunny.
Snitch bunnies are special. Their icy hearts pump icy blood. The
only tears they shed are for themselves. If you see a snitch bunny
crying, don't let its tears melt your heart. Just hop away and don't
look back. Just hop away and remember, don't be a snitch bunny. Don't be a Bridget
O'Bunny.
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