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| Rabbits must eat constantly. They do not store fat like other animals. In the winter time they have to eat just as much as in the summer but food is much harder to find. As such they have been known to eat tree bark and brush or bushes. The more of them living in one area, the further they have to travel to find food. Funny was very aware of this fact. He decided to start out going further out for food that way he would leave the easier, closer to home food sources for his children and before the winter was over, grandchildren. So one day Funny was out further from home than usual, looking for some food. He came upon something rare in nature. A bundle of rats that had their tails all tangled up. They could not get free because they were all trying to pull to get away which only made the knot impossible to untangle. Funny got an idea. First thing he did was to kill a few of the rats by using his hind legs to kick them. A rabbit’s kick can easily kill a mouse or rat. After killing the ones next to each other, he was able to grab ahold of one of them. Then he began to drag them back to the back yard where his father’s colony lived. That wasn’t who he was going to see however. It took him the better part of the day. Whenever he dragged the ball of rats through any place they could try to grab hold, they did. This slowed down his progress but eventually Funny got them into the back yard. It was late afternoon. Stephen King should be out. Funny raced across the back yard looking for the big cat. It took only a few seconds to locate the big Maine Coon Cat. Funny came flying around a corner and almost ran into him. Instead he was able to avoid a collision by running into a bush. Funny came climbing out of the snow and the bush’s limbs to be grabbed around the neck by SK. He turned Funny’s head so his face was about three inches from SK’s face. Stephen King just looked at him for a few seconds. Funny took that opportunity to say what he had come to say. “Merry early Christmas, SK. I have both a Christmas present for you and an offer I hope you can’t refuse. But first comes the present. No strings attached. I have killed four large rats for you to enjoy. My Christmas gift to you. But wait, the proposal I have also involves rats. These are living. There are six in total. They are tied up and cannot get away. At least they haven’t so far. They may find a way so I am needing to make our deal sooner than later. You’re the expert on this stuff so you can do with them whatever it is you do; but I need to pass them along. That’s ten in total, big juicy rats. All I am asking in return for the six living ones is that you pass on eating the first six rabbits you see that are possible kills. Is that fair to ask sir?” next page |  Funny and Stephen King at Christmas time  |