picture by Audrey Pavia
After old age of living with me , my Rex doe Prudence finally demonstrate me her love .
It ’s wonderful being palisade by so many animate being all the time , but let ’s face it : It can be severe to spend enough prison term with all of them when you are busy working and doing chore just to take care of them . My animals have learned that if they require my attention , they have to necessitate for it .
But today , when I was sit down at my desk working , I found myself with an empty lap covering . The cats were off sleeping somewhere , Nigel was off with Randy , and I had no fur to stroke as I search the cyberspace . So I decided to grab one of the two bunnies I share an office with .
I commence with Smokey , who is much more comfortable being view as than Prudence . Smokey slacken when you pick him up and seems to really enjoying nest . So , I put him in my lap and petted him softly as I went back to work .
But it was only a matter of clock time before Smokey started to act up . He likes to be hold , but he also likes to go around and chew on the cords under my desk . He started “ digging ” in my lap covering and , when that did n’t get the desired reaction ( he wanted me to put him down ) , he nipped me .
Back in his pen he went . After put him down , I start to walk back to my desk feeling forlorn . That ’s when it pass to me to try Prudence . She hate being held , but I thought I might get her to relax if I just allow her sit in my lap .
Prudence was fantastically tense when I lifted her up . She unlax a little flake when I sat down , and then buried her grimace into the crook of my arm . Her eyes were Brobdingnagian , so I know she was n’t completely comfortable . But I decided to hold onto her anyway , for my own selfish reasons . I absentmindedly stroke her ears , scratched her lightly on the back of her neck and smoothen my hand over her case .
I was wholly absorbed in my oeuvre when I suddenly feel Prudence stretch out on my lap . Her back pegleg went out behind her and her front wooden leg draped over my thigh . I look down at her to see that her eyes were half - closed . I could n’t trust it ; she was altogether relaxed .
And then it happened : I felt her balmy small tongue lick my arm .
I remember back when I was research my bookRabbits for Dummiesand read somewhere that the ultimate sign of love from a rabbit is a kiss . I had never been kissed by a rabbit before ; it was something I had only dreamed of . But here I was , obtain my 8 - year - old Rex doe , and she was kiss me .
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