The Bunny Hunter

The Bunny Hunter

By Paul McCann

 

After the winter of discontent some noticeable changes started to show all over the towns and in the countryside .  The busy bees became new bees , the honeyeaters became meat eaters , the bluebells became daisy bells , the foxes were not that cunning and the rivers stopped running .  Nobody couod do anything to change how things were . It was almost easter and there were no chocolate eggs to be found . Everyone was worried about the shortage of easter eggs and no one had seen the easter bunny . Mother Nature sent out a message on the grapevine for everyone to start looking for the eater bunny . Wrendie the little blue wren heard the call and responded  immediately , off she went on a bunny hunt all over the country side .

She called to the small animals farm to ask if the chickens had any information about the shortage of eggs and if they knew where the easter bunny was .

The little red rooster was busy looking guarding the eggs around the hen house when a blue wren flew in .

:Good morning Mr Brewster would you have by any chance seen Hopey the Easter Bunny around the farm ?”

Asked the blue wren .

“Oh no , not for a long time  Wrendie , I’d even say for about a month and a day and a cock a doodle do Wrendie :

Said Brewster the rooster ,

“Oh , I see , well would you known anyone around here that might have a clue or a cock a doodle where Hopey the Easter Bunny could be  ?”

The Blue Wren asked .

.“Well let me just stop and think for a minute and a cock a doddle do , mmm , yes , maybe you could go and ask old King Cole the Mole who lives there in a hole under the Maple tree in purple heather meadow . I’m sure Old Coley would have seen Hopey around the place Wrendie “

Said Brewster the rooster to friendly Wrendie who said thanks and there and then the blue wren flew off to purple heather meadow . The golden sunlight shone down all around the purple heather and the leaves on the maple tree glistened as they danced in the breeze that came through the gap between the pine tree forest and black mountain side ,

On the branch of the maple tree the blue wren perched and whistled to the soft sound of the wind . The little pink mole crawled out from his hole and said hello to the blue wren who asked ,’

“Excuse me King Cole , would there be any chance that you have seen Hopey the Easter Bunny around ?”

“Well now , as you know I’m not getting any younger and my eyesight isn’t what it used to be Wrendie and to tell you the truth . l can’t be certain but I did hear someone say she had been seen talking to the goldfish in the mill pond by silver stream village , So if I were you Wrendie I’d be making my way over there to where the goldfish are living . I’m so sorry I can’t help you any more than that “

“Oh, that’s ok King Coley , Thank you for the information “

The old mole went back inside his hole as the blue wren flew away to silver stream village . She flew over the banks of the roses to the fields of green to the mill pond at silver stream . When she landed on the white pebble stones on the edge of the pond she whistled a tune in the afternoon around the pond by the old mill there and the ripples on the water danced like debutantes on a date with destiny and they tickled   the goldfish who swam to the top of the pond to burst their bubbles in laughter .

“Hello there , Goldie , looks like you’re having a giggling good time today “

Said the blue wren to the goldfish who tried to respond between giggle bubbles that kept bursting every few seconds .

“”Excuse the giggles Wrendie but those tickly ripples , (pop pop) , keep on tickling us all the time (pop pop pop pop)  when we’re not expecting it . They have up swimming around in the pond with little bubbles coming out our gills  (pop pop)  So how’s things with you Wrendie . (pop pop) What’s the reason you are dropping by the pond today “

 “ I have been told by the mole who lives in the hole by the maple tree that you had been talking to the easter bunny recently , Is that true ? “

Goldie replied ,

“Well, I guess that’s true (pop pop) so what’s wrong with that , we’re not hurting anyone . She just passed by on her way to a meeting with some very important identities in the magic mushroom there on top of wonderland hill .”

“What’s all that about Goldie ? “

Aske the blue wren ?”

The goldfish responded through little bursting bubbles ,

“ Well, Wrendie (pop pop) she never said but what I can tell you is that (pop pop) Easter Bunny was not her (pop pop) happy hoppy self if you know what I mean “

So, she’s over at Wonderland Hill then ?”

” (pop pop) That’s correct “

“Thanks Goldie, See you later on , in the pond “

”Sure, things drop by , (pop pop) anytime we’re always here (pop pop) “

\The little blue wren made her way to wonderland hill and perched on the top of the magic mushroom and sang a thrilling song to Mother Nature who appeared and Wrendie proudly said  ,

“She’s inside the magic  mushroom Mamma “

Mother nature called for the magic mushroom to grow into a larger mushroom and when it was big enough to get inside Mother Nature opened up the secret door on top of the roof of the magic mushroom .

The blue wren followed and inside the magic mushroom there was a conference taking place . Apart from the Easter Bunny some of the other identities included Santa , the tooth fairy , twinkle the shining star ,  puff the friendly dragon . the dream merchant , the keeper of the gold from the end of rainbow , the enchanted fairy of the wishing well and the head of the wee ones from the magic forest .Mother Nature spoke softly and with a kind tome to her voice .

“Hello all, your beautiful creatures and let me say how wonderful it is to see you all gathered here in the magic mushroom . I’m curious about what’s happening as its almost Easter and for the first time ever there are no easter eggs on the shelves of the shops and everyone is getting worried . Is there some problem with the way things are usually done ?”

The Easter Bunny replied .

“We’re on strike Mamma “

Santa spoke up .

“I’m sorry to inform you that we are fed up with the fact that innocence has been lost and none of us are happy about the way we are being forgotten “

The tooth fairy continued ,

:The thing is no one believes in us anymore and so we’re not going to give anymore until things change “

Mother Nature replied ,

“Oh ok , so I can see what’s happening now  You’ve all made a decision to stop doing the fantastic things you have always done as a protest to let the whole world know how unfair it is not to have them believe in you “

Santa continued ,

“All the letters I used to get have stopped and I’ve been told some children have even been told by their parents that there is no such thing as Santa “

A murmur of dissatisfaction went all around the room and the room and the Easter bunny said with a huff .

“We’ve had enough and we’re not taking it anymore . If things don’t change , there’ll be no more Easter eggs .

Everyone else added their weight to what was said ,

“And no more Christmas “ Santa said ,

‘Any no more money for old teeth and no more new teeth to replace the old ones “

Said the tooth  fairy and one by one the rest of the gathering added their support to the strike action group ....“And no more wishes from the wishing well “.....No more gold at the at the end of the rainbow ?” ...“ No more friendly dragon stories and no more free flights in wonderland “...“No more help putting babies to sleep “...“No more dreams “...:”And no more fairy stories”

Mother Nature asked the little blue wren to perch on top of the tall clock in the corner of the room and then she looked at everyone gather there and said , .

“Time out , everyone  okay everyone I get the message , So I have a proposition for you all to resolve the problem . I am going to speak to Father Time and ask him to bring back the innocence again from a time long before the winter of discontent when everyone believed and in you all and I am positive that you will soon see a new world and if you doubt that this can happen leave wonderland right now because you all need to believe that this will happen “

Then Mother nature called the little wren to perch on her shoulder .

The wren started singing the sweetest sound and, in that moment, people started jumping for joy . No one left the room and as everyone began to dance and sing , they called out ,

“A new world is coming”.

Mother Nature said ,

“There will be a return to innocence , I am going now to see Father Time right away and you can all be assured that this issue will be resolved today so if you trust me now let me see a I need a show of hands to end the strike now “

Every one present raised their hands in the air even the little wren held up her wing and the Easter Bunny started to hop up and down frantically saying , .

“Please excuse me I have eggs to bring and it’s time for me to go . “

She hopped away out the door of the magic mushroom and one by one everyone left the room , Mother Nature took the little wren and they flew away out from the magic mushroom to the place where Father Time lived in a realm that stood alone inside the universe where time stood still . After introducing Wrendie to Father Time she spoke about what needed to be done and because Mother Nature and Father time always helped each other he agreed on the course of action to allow a change in the world and in a flash the world as we know it was sent back into a time when innocence was alive and well . A new world suddenly appeared with everyone believing in Santa and the tooth fairy . The Easter bunny was enjoying the busiest time she had ever seen with billions of people hunting for her eggs and all the shelves in all the shops were well stocked for easter time and the babies slept all night and the stars shone so bright , people were making wishes and dreams were coming true and millions of letters were arriving early in Santa’s post office with well wished and stories and list of things being requested by nice people all over the world . All Santa’s helpers were working night and day for the biggest Christmas toy delivery ever and there was innocence in every heart around the world .

 

The End     

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