Bunny Mystery

When I was about eight years old, my younger sister and I wanted pet rabbits.  Our dad found someone who raised bunnies and we each got one – Peppermint (a solid white bunny) was mine and Chocolate Drop (a brown and white bunny), my sister’s choice.  Unfortunately Chocolate Drop escaped shortly after coming to her new home – so we were down to one pet.

I had always insisted that Peppermint was a female and our neighbour’s white rabbit was a male.  At this young age, my dad was curious how I came to this determination.  I told him the one rabbit has a large extra ring of fur around it’s neck whereas the other rabbit did not – thus the difference.  Later we had to look after the neighbour’s rabbit while they were on vacation.  I insisted that they bring their cage over to keep the rabbits separated.  Well some weeks later, I was feeding rabbit – only to find 7 new white baby bunnies in her house.  My dad had secretly tested my theory.  Wow – I guess I was right after all…..