The Bunny Down Under*

Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away.
So he said to his mother, “I am running away.”

“If you run away,” said his mother, “I will run after you.
For you are my little bunny.”

“If you run after me,” said the little bunny,
“I will be a Queensland Lungfish, and I will swim away from you.”

“If you become a Queensland Lungfish,” said his mother,
“I will be a fisherman, and I will fish for you.”

“If you become a fisherman,” said the little bunny,
“I will be coral in the Great Barrier Reef, nestled in the Coral Sea.”

“If you become coral in the Great Barrier Reef, nestled in the Coral Sea,”
said his mother, “I will be a scuba diver, and I will swim to where you are.”

“If you become a scuba diver,” said the little bunny,
“I will be a Eucalyptus tree by a hidden creek."

“If you become a Eucalyptus tree by a hidden creek,”
said his mother, “I will be a Koala, and I will rest in your branches.”

“If you become a Koala and rest in my branches,”
said the little bunny, “I will be a Magpie, and I will fly away from you.”

“If you become a Magpie and fly away from me,”
said his mother, “I will be the Blue Mountains to give you a place to land.”

“If you become the Blue Mountains,” said the little bunny,
“I will be a catamaran, and I will sail away from you.”

“If you become a catamaran and sail away from me,” said his mother,
“I will be the wind, and I will blow you where I want you to go.”

“If you become the wind,” said the little bunny,
“I will be a Wallaby and hop away from you.”

“If you become a Wallaby and hop away,” said his mother,
“I will be grass, and I will feed you.”

“If you become grass and feed me,”
said the bunny, “I will be a man and build myself a house.”

"When you become a man and build a house," said the mother bunny,
"I will be your mother, and I will always hug you in my arms."

“Shucks,” said the bunny, “I might just as well
stay where I am and be your little bunny.”

"Shucks," said the mother, "You might just as well know
that wherever you may go throughout your life, I will always be with you."

"I knew that already," said the bunny.
“Have a carrot,” said the mother bunny.


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*For my precious Kate, with gratitude and inspiration from the incredible Margaret Wise Brown

It's Probably No Surprise That I Have an Adam Lambert Ringtone . . .

. . . on my iPhone, which is obviously a necessary and highly enjoyable pairing with my Adam Lambert iPhone wallpaper.

Anywho.

Laura and I were upstairs and I thought I heard my iPhone ringing downstairs.

Me: "My phone is downstairs and I hear it ringing."

Laura: "That isn't your phone."

Me: "I think it is."

Laura: "It's not Adam Lambert . . . unless his latest song is ice cream truck music."