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| The Invasion of the Bunnies! Dr. Elizabeth Sorkin (left) and Nigel Milligan (right) survey the extent of this "bunny migration" |
Easter is approaching soon! Soon, people will be having
Easter egg hunts and will be going to the mall to have their picture taken with
the Easter Bunny. Speaking of bunnies, we can’t seem to get them out of our
minds here in Riverville, New York, especially with the latest incident last
Saturday! Two of the first witnesses of what was about to happen were Mr. Nigel
Milligan, CEO of Animal Adventures Inc. (AAI.) and Dr. Elizabeth Sorkin, lead
veterinarian at AAI. They were
outside on a stroll through AAI. when
suddenly the ground started to rumble (rumble). It shook
(shook)! It trembled (trembled)! It shuddered
(shuddered)! It shook (shook)! It
. . . did I mention shook? “It was a normal day when my employee and friend Dr.
Sorkin, decided to take a walk through the campus,” says Nigel. “Then all of a
sudden, it felt like a tremor was approaching!” Dr. Sorkin was also surprised
by the ground shaking so wildly. She is quoted for saying, “I really had no
idea what it was that was approaching AAI.
At first I thought it was an earthquake but that was until I saw what was
coming over the horizon.” And what to the couple’s wondering eyes should appear
. . . but a large cloud of dust and an army of bunnies my dear? Rabbits and
hares by the thousands suddenly came stampeding over the hills and toward AAI! As the rabbits ran toward them
they had to duck and cover as the rabbits came. They are now everywhere!
Another witness, Mr. Fred Fish and his friend Dr. Dodo were also surprised by
the appearance of the bunnies. “These bunnies are everywhere!” says Mr. Fish.
“I almost feel like the Egyptians must have felt when Egypt became overrun with
frogs when God used Moses to cast down the second plague! Except these
creatures are much cuter than frogs. But they poop everywhere!” Within ten
minutes, thousands of rabbits are hip-hopping across the campus, eating shrubs
and other plants. The other animals and people living at AAI. dare not open their doors more than necessary! It’s a good
thing most of the creatures and people living here didn’t plant gardens yet,
because with these bunnies around, it would be no more! These bunnies are
bothering even the largest of creatures. Rachael the female Tyrannosaurus rex,
mother of three is very annoyed by this. “I have to be careful every time I
step out the door to make sure no bunny rabbits sneak into the AAI. I’m telling you, I’d eat the
bunnies if I could, but the thing is that there are so many of them, that if I
started eating them, it wouldn’t make a dent in the population. Besides, they
are so hard for a big predator like myself to catch.” But the question everyone
has is why all these rabbits are here instead of deeper in the forest. Dr.
Sorkin has a few theories as to why these rabbits have left the forest where
they live and came here. “I have a few theories as to why the rabbits are here
instead of in the forest. Lately, a few miles west of here, major deforestation
has been happening at an alarming rate. Perhaps these rabbits are ‘refugees’,
fleeing the destruction of their homes. We have to find another home for these
rabbits before they eat our plant life down to nothing!” The rabbits were
getting everywhere and really annoying, so Nigel, Dr. Sorkin, Mr. Fish and Dr.
Dodo had a plan! “The plan we have designed,” says Nigel, “is to use the
rabbit’s superb sense of smell to our advantage. We have machine here that will
emit a smell into the air that the bunnies can’t resist. ‘What smell?’ you ask?
Why, carrots, of course! As we all know bunnies can’t resist the smell of
carrots if the scent is strong enough. We have been granted permission by the
Wildlife Protection Unit of New York State to release these bunnies into one of
the national parks where they’ve had a real lack of rabbits lately.” So they
turned the machine on, put it on a special truck and started driving away from AAI. The rabbits couldn’t resist the
smell and started to follow the truck right out of the AAI. area. Pretty soon the rabbits were led into the forests of the
national park and AAI. was saved
from complete “de-plantistation”! “I do love rabbits,” says Dr. Dodo. “But we
already had enough here at AAI.
before that mob came along. I don’t at all miss the smell those rabbits
produced! Not one bit!” And with Dr. Dodo, I’d have to agree.
Written by: Mr. Smiley
Photographer: Daniel P. Smithwater
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