A Change is as Good as a Rest (5)
“Hey, if you were hunting Ms. Bunny and it´s true what I heard about Ms. Bunny´s sleep-eating that means I´m the winner,” said a joyful Ms. Frog.
“Well, yes, Ms. Bunny has been eating her greens all along but I wasn´t hunting Ms. Bunny, I was trying to make her realise what she was doing. Technically you can only be the winner if you kill one of us and eat us,” reasoned Ms. Fox.
Ms. Frog pulled a disgusted face. “Maybe the rat was right, I should leave killing to the professionals.”
Ms. Fox climbed out of the hole lifting Ms. Bunny out by the back of her neck. The hole was ridiculously small. Any animal, even a small rat could easily have got out of it.
“Great,” said the fox, “that means I´m the real winner because I´m the only one that managed to only eat vegetables and fruit in all this time. Where´s my prize?”
“There is no prize, it was just an experiment,” said Ms. Frog.
But Ms. Fox wasn´t listening to Ms. Frog´s jibber jabber. She was too busy tucking into a hen that just happened to be tied to the tree in front of the hole.
“My you are a star, this is my favourite meat, thank you so much.” said a contented fox.
Ms. Frog hugged Ms. bunny who was shaking in her enormous boots at the sight of such violence. She never really trusted Ms. Fox and was amazed she was still alive.
“Come on Ms. Bunny, I think it´s time for tea and lettuce sandwiches. You can stay in my home tonight, I think you are still in shock,” comforted Ms. Frog.
Off they bounced together. Ms. Frog stopped now and again to catch a random fly for lunch.
Ms. fox looked up after them and smiled.”What a nice pair of friends,” she thought, “and what a great feast they´ve given me. I´ll see to it that no fox ever eats them or their families.”
I wonder if she kept her promise.
What do you think?
The End