THE BUNNY AND THE SNAKE
Once upon a time (allegedly) in a nice little forest, there lived an
orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake. By a surprising coincidence, both
were
blind from birth.
One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake was
slithering
through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the snake and fell down.
This, of
course, knocked the snake about quite a bit.
"Oh, my," said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt
you. I've been
blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going. In fact, since I'm
also an orphan, I
don't even know what I am."
"It's quite OK," replied the snake. "Actually, my story is much the
same as yours. I, too, have been blind since birth, and also never knew
my mother.
Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and work out what you
are, so at
least you'll have that going for you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny. So the snake slithered
all over
the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered with soft fur; you have
really long ears;
your nose twitches; and you have a soft cottony tail. I'd say that you
must be a
bunny rabbit."
"Oh, thank you! Thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious excitement. The
bunny
suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you all over with my paw,
and help
you the same way that you've helped me." So the bunny felt the snake all
over,
and remarked, "Well, you're smooth and slippery, and you have a forked
tongue,
no backbone and no balls. I'd say,.....you must be French".
