How the Rabbit Got its Twitchy Nose By
Long ago, when the world was very
new and rabbits had still (not twitchy) noses there was a rabbit named Daisy.
Daisy and her family and relations and best friends, friends, and
acquaintances, lived in a beautiful green valley in the Swiss Alps, where no
rabbit ever left. Daisy and her parents and her sisters (Daffodil, Daphne,
Dandelion, Dahlia, and Diana) lived a happy life in their burrow in the
beautiful green valley, with the white topped mountains in the distance.
All her life, Daisy dreamed of visiting the white top of the mountains.
But all of Daisy’s family and relations, best friends, friends, and
acquaintances teased Daisy about her curiosity. Whenever she asked her family,
relations, best friends, friends, and acquaintances about the white top of the
mountains they said “hush” and that there were hungry foxes and unknown
animals. But Daisy did not care. She wanted not to see, but to be on that tiny
white top.
So she ate a good breakfast (carrot greens) and packed her possessions (a
rock that had her name on it and a dried up daisy also a packet of sugar) and
some dandelion and left. It was a hard climb up the sides of the beautiful
green valley and she often stopped to rest.
Daisy traveled all morning and by midday she was ravenous and very
sleepy. She found a soft grassy spot near the Dreary, Dangerous, Dopey,
Shulibonduy river, ate her dandelions and fell asleep. She woke up to something
moving very fast across her body. She opened her eyes and saw a bear like
creature with a funny nose. It managed to say still long enough to say that its
name was Ruthie and that she was a sloth. And then Ruthie dashed off to the
Dreary, Dangerous, Dopey, Shulibonduy river.
About 10 seconds later Ruthie came bolting up the hill and very quickly
said something like this: “areyouarearabbitsofarfromyourvalley”. And more
clearly and slowly, “What is your name?”. Now, Daisy was still a little dizzy
from all Ruthie’s running. She recovered and thought about how her family,
relations, friends, best friends, and acquaintances would answer Ruthie’s
question. She ended up saying her name is Daisy and that she was going on a
quest to go to the tiny white top of the mountains. Ruthie said she was headed
in that direction too and asked if she could go with her.
Daisy wondered about what her
family, relations, friends, best friends, and acquaintances would say. She
thought they'd say “no,” but then she
remembered that their opinion did not matter (she was on her own now). She
ended up saying because she wanted to know why Ruthie always moved so fast.
Ruthie was very happy and did an anticipation run up to the horizon of the
setting sun. Daisy knew that she would come back in about 5 minutes, so she
found a good grassy nook for sleeping nestled in the mountains.
About 4 and a half minutes later, Ruthie came bolting back with handfuls
of violet flowers (Daisy and Ruthie’s favorite). Then Ruthie said that they
should eat and go to sleep so they would have energy for tomorrow's journey.
So they ate the delicious violets
and curled up in the grassy nook (after Ruthie ran up and down the banks of the
Dreary, Dangerous, Dopey Shulibonduy river 10 times) and fell fast asleep.
When Daisy woke up she was very excited for the journey to the tiny white
top of the mountains. When she looked over to Ruthie’s side of the nook she was
gone. It was quite common for Ruthie to always be coming and going so she made
breakfast (some of the leftover violets from supper and reeds from the banks of
the Dreary, Dangerous, Dopey Shulibonduy river). Daisy wondered what her
family, relations, friends, best friends, and acquaintances would be doing?
Probably adding fresh grass to the beds and drying dandelions and other plants
for winter. She also wondered if they missed her. But before she could think
about her valley more Ruthie came bolting right to her with long grasses which
later after breakfast she said were for the journey.
After packing up her possessions, Daisy was ready to travel. It was a
long journey up the side of the mountains and Daisy thought that the tiny white
top was getting bigger and bigger. All morning they traveled in silence. At
noon, they stopped to rest and eat the long grass that Ruthie packed. But in
the afternoon Ruthie asked if she could tell her story. Daisy said yes of
course and here is what Ruthie said. “ I was taking a walk looking for violets
and I took a shortcut through the caves and came across a whole room full to
the brim candied violets. I knew I shouldn't take any but I couldn't help it.
Then I thought only one wouldn't hurt so I ate it quick. But before I could run
out of the room the Wicked Witch of the Mountains blocked my path she said I
would have the curse of speed till I could find an animal to trade for part of
their slowness”. It all made sense now thought Daisy. Ruthie needed her packet
of sugar or a part of her that is slow. But before Daisy could think about it
more they got to the white top of the mountains. Daisy was speechless.
It was incredible, the rolling green
hills and the amazing flowers and a new cold substance which Ruthie called
snow. Except Daisy could not smell a thing. And that was because Daisy had a
still nose. And then it hit her. She could trade her still nose for Ruthie’s
fastness and then she could smell and keep her packet of sugar. So she told
Ruthie. Ruthie thanked her many times and said all Daisy had to do was say what
she had said to Ruthie to a particular black rock with the initials of the
Wicked Witch of the Mountains.
Daisy did that, and the next thing she knew Daisy could smell everything
from the flowers to the cold snow. Ruthie for once was still, but she had dark
circles under her eyes and they both were exhausted. So they slept and when
they woke up Ruthie was slow again and Daisy could smell everything.
That is how the Rabbit got its twitchy nose.
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