from green to black

a day in the life of a rabbit

i had just been born for 4 months. or at least they told me so.
i didnt know anything but it seemed like my parents lived with
a family of giants. sniffing me, my mom seemed to let me know
that its safe to be around these giants as she let herself be stroked
by them. maybe thats what we will become late. i resolved
to eat more food so i could become bigger than my mom and
become a giant that moved on two legs one day.

they made weird noises. they always seemed so loud.
the ground shook with they way they moved. they
made me wonder if something bad is going happen
each time the noises changed. it wasnt terrible. but it
just wasnt a noise i could make. sometimes other noises
scared me. they were loud and shrill, and they seemed
to come from far away.

noises or not, at least home was comfortable.
the ground was a white fluffy snow. there seemed to be a
different kind of ground a little further but i would not be able
to get to it unless the giants made me fly there. it was hard
and cold with pink and black patches and very shiny.
i wondered why anyone would want to go beyond the
shiny metal lines of my soft kingdom especially when i
was so comfortable there.

there was always food at home too. the giants always left
some water and tasty bits in a happily-coloured white plastic
saucer outside the wooden bridge that i would snuggle under.
the giants must be the best kind of rabbit i thought. only
another rabbit would know how to keep that my tummy
comfortably tight which always gave me such a feeling of
pleasure. i wondered how it must feel without all the food
that i ate? would a rabbit still feel good if no giants gave
it munchies from the air? taking a bite of the little, dry,
round and orange ball that tasted better than the green
juicy thing, i left that thinking for another day.

today was special though, today the giants put me into a
home that flew! it had no silvery lines and you could just
see right out into the distance. i was moving on hard nothing,
the awesome ability of a rabbit to stay in the air next to the
legs of his giant. the blue sky where no light passed through
seemed lower than usual. odd. this time, i could reach the sky
if i hopped. i must be closer to being a giant. i felt really pleased.

oh the noise! the smell and the colours!
the kingdom outside kept changing. i saw other things.
scarier animals! like those that gave out bright red lights
and had two moving black things. they gave out giants from
one side and then closed up again. the only thing i could
give out from the hole in my body were these fibrous black
balls. it wasnt painful as the hole closed by itself. i guess
if the animal produced giants it must want to look at them,
so a middle hole would be more interesting than my bottom
hole which can only produce black fibrous balls.
i was confused and felt a little scared, but i was next
to the legs of my giant so i guessed i would be safe.

my giant met another giant. she had long black hair that
fell softly over her slim shoulders. wisps of her hair fluttered
across her face as the gentle wind blew. i sniffed the fresh
scent of sunshine and meadows, bright and happy flowers
that seemed to come from her. my giant lifted me on to the
table, it wasnt too bad to meet this strange, new giant.

the giants noised about with each other. their lips parted to
show each other their clean white teeth. i stayed still on the
table top, as the long haired giant stroked me with her
paw. i wondered if they were going to eat each other. the
long haired giant must be pretty tasty. my giant and the
long haired one made noises to each other. i wonder what
those noises meant. they were always different when my giant
made them whenever he held me. giants, why cant they just
sniff each other like every other bunny.

soon i was lifted back home but the long haired giant.
my giant stroked my back. his touched seemed a little more
shaky and gentle than normal. good things have to end you
know old chap, come on, its time for us to go home. i
waited, wide-eyed in expectation to start flying beside
my giant again.

wait! this is not right! the long haired giant picked me up.
wha, wha, what am i doing with her? put me down, put me
back down this instant! i hopped toward my giant. take me
back! take me back, i begged as i scratched the hardness
of the nothing. he looked at me and made a low lifeless
noise, like water bubbling through a choked pipe. his gaze,
his eyes, i had never seen him with that look before.
then he became smaller and smaller, and his features
grew fainter and fainter, till all that was left was an
indistinguishable figure in the distance.

i would never see him again after today.
i wondered what life would bring as i looked at the changing
landscape, flying beside the legs of another giant.

posted by green unseen @ 6:20 AM