One sunny morning when we were all sitting at the table we saw father going to the scullery and coming immediately back to the kitchen and then keeping a rabbit on the table
Is this rabbit alive
It is a real rabbit!Who gave it to you father
Where did you get it
On the field with a dead mother rabbit and three dead little ones
Our mother did not approve of the idea of keeping a rabbit because she did not wanted the tragedy of dead pets
Where?
But why did you bring it!
It is good that he brought him, he is too small to live alone
I think it will live for long ,they don't always die
Mother and father are arguing about whether to keep the rabbit or not
The rabbit will not live for long don't you remember what had happened the last time
Why will it not live for long father?
The rabbit was not drinking the milk which was given to him
Put this rabbit down in the field and you all have to go and get dressed for your school
It prefers to sulk its life away, this silly little thing
The rabbit became more silent and then was put in a dark corner of the cold parlour
Why doesn't it drink the milk we gave him mother?
The rabbit was kept under the copper fireplace so that it imagines itself inside a hole and 4 saucers were kept here and there on the floor so that whenever the rabbit jumps it comes upon some food
