The Bunny & The Chipmunk

A Modern Fable

There once was a little bunny cottontail. She liked nibbling the violets growing around the bird bath beside our deck. She liked hiding in the foliage beside our house. One day I tossed out the stale heel of some multigrain bread, and she ventured out to investigate. She liked the bread and started nibbling




Bunny Cottontail
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Alas, the scent of the bread drew unwelcome attention from one of the resident chipmunks who darted at the bunny repeatedly until the bunny jumped out of reach. The chipmunk then claimed the prize.




Chipmunk Claiming Prize
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The bunny could but look on, philosophizing about the drawbacks of non-violence.




"Don't Even Think It ..."
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But for every aggressor, there's always a bigger aggressor nearby. Alas for both the bunny and the chipmunk, a large squirrel claimed the prize and carried it away.




"To the Victor ..."
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Moral: It ain't easy living next door to a superpower.

[This is a true story. I had to take this series of images quickly, hand holding a Canon 300D with a Tamron 60-300mm lens zoomed to 300mm. The quality, shot through a window and without a proper support, leaves something to be desired, but I was glad to catch these moments. It's great to have these little critters as part of the backyard ecosystem.]