We barely saw the little bundle of fur as it scurried across the road in the fading light and it remained perfectly still as we approached. A tiny rabbit!
Jane immediately looked around for it's mommy and then decided we should take it home. It looked so innocent and small. I went right up to it and it just sat there. Then I wondered if it was injured. Using my T-shirt I put my hands around the tiny animal.
Hop!
It did not want to be picked up. But after checking once again for its mommy and wondering what might eat such a morsel here in the unprotected wild Jane convinced me to try again.
Hop! Hop! Hop! Hop!
No, this little fellow was not going to be taken home. So I pointed out that there was some grass growing in the culvert and the bunny could eat that. With that we left.
I believe this was some dwarf variety of rabbit rather than a baby - I could be wrong but now I want to find out.
In any event it was a remarkable experience to have the creature so unafraid of human contact. Better than coyotes, I guess!
