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Rabbitt at rest
Submitted by JoeMiller on 07/05/2008 - 08:23
OK, so while I may have been safe yesterday from the critters in our yard (see post from a few minutes ago), I just discovered that it wasn't exactly safe for the for the critters in our yard. When we went out back to assess the tree fallout from last night's storm, we made the startling discovery that, Jimmy Carter to the contrary, rabbitts are not good swimmers. Or at least they don't know how to use a pool ladder. For there, in the four-foot end, lay a soggy, stiff bunny. We retrieved the corpse using a 10-foot pole and gave it a proper pet funeral (that is, the kind parents give when the kids aren't looking).
R.I.P., little dude.
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Joe Miller
Joe Miller grew up in Colorado, skied and hiked, but did not truly explore what all the outdoor world had to offer until moving to the Triangle in 1992. Since then, he's tried everything from diving with sand sharks off the North Carolina coast to clinging to the smooth face of Stone Mountain, 300 feet off the ground, wondering just how efficient the local search and rescue was. He still does a little of everything, but mostly hikes (writing "100 Classic Hikes in North Carolina," published in 2007) and bikes.
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Poor little guy.
Sun, 07/06/2008 - 07:33 — Anonymous (not verified)Poor little guy.