With the heavy monsoon rains that last until October or so, our yard becomes unruly and overgrown in a hurry. Lawnmowers are expensive. So we came up with our own solution. We bought a bunny.
At the night market about two months ago, there was a pet shop stand selling bunnies at a hundred baht a pop. Having no way to transport a rabbit easily on a motorbike, we put it off till the next week. But they weren’t there the next week, or the week after. Or the week after that.
Eventually, two months later, we drove past a pet store. It turned out they had bunnies, and the cutest ones were the cheapest as well. So we picked out a chocolate brown rabbit. Mr. (we’re guessing here) Bartholomew C. Rabbit.
At first, I was a hesitant new pet owner. Would bunny be okay outside on its own? What about the heavy rains? Won’t it be scared at night?
But my fears were unfounded. Just by allowing the bunny to have free reign in the yard, we created a monster. Our bunny is a derelict. It doesn’t care about rain or mud. It slips under our gate and wanders out of the yard. And it eats nonstop like it’s a fuzzy little lawnmower. And even if Bartholomew happens to go M.I.A., well there aren’t any other animals living on our street, so it should be alright. Right?
