Mateo

Blankets for Bunnies and the Sly Fox

Once upon a time there were bunnies who were very careful about foxes. They lived in a little bunny village by the meadow. In the meadow sheep liked to graze.

Also in the meadow were many foxes. The foxes liked to eat bunnies and sheep. So the bunnies made wooden doors on their burrows to keep the foxes out.

In their burrows they had little bunny beds made of goose feathers. They didn't sleep under anything because bunnies have fur.

Then on one freezing winter day the bunnies were cold. They were so cold they had goosebumps under their fur. They stayed in their houses, but the bunny children wanted to go outside.

One bunny family had an idea. "Let's go to our sheep friends to get wool."

That bunny family hopped over to the sheep and all of the other bunny families followed suit.

"Of course we can give you wool!" said the sheep. The sheep gave them wool and then they were off to the East Meadow.

"We are going to graze in the East Meadow!" said the sheep.

The children and grown up bunnies played and played. Soon they got tired and fell asleep, forgetting all about foxes.

Out in the forest a hungry fox smelled sheep."Yum, Yum. Some sheepies are near by. Smells like dinner!"

The fox pranced to the meadow. He had been tricked by his nose. There were no sheep, just pieces of wool spread around the meadow.

"Awwww. No dinner for me." Then he looked closer at the wool and realized they were blankets with bunnies cuddles in them.

"Ooooo. I got some dinner. This is my lucky day!"

The fox picked up some bunnies still in their blankets. He ran back to his den. Then he went back to get more. He captured 20 sweet, juice and soft bunnies.

One bunny yawned and slowly started to open his eyes. He smelled the smoke of fire. He froze.

"Where am I?" he thought. The bunny slowly crept over to tickle his wife with one ear. She twitched her nose and woke up.

"Wake up, wake up," he whispered. "We're in a fox den. We have to get out of here."

"We should wake up the others so we can come up with a plan."

They woke everyone up and formed a plan.

Padding footsteps trotted over to the bunnies.

"Quick everybody. Hide in your blankets."

The fox opened its jaw and picked up a bunny with its mouth. "Ptwa," he said. "I hate bunny fur. Well, it'll burn off in the fire."

He trotted over to the burning fire. As he prepared to drop the bunny in, the other bunnies yelled in unison, "Mr. Fox, Mr. Fix, we know where the sheep are!"

The fox gaped and opened his jaw in surprise. Out dropped the bunny on the ground.

"The sheep are in the West Meadow," lied the bunnies. (They were really in the East Meadow.)

The fox ran over to the West Meadow. The bunnies wasted no time in escaping.

When the fox got there, he found nothing but farmers and dogs.

The bunnies escaped and learned to be even more careful about foxes and to never fall asleep in a meadow again!