Rat a Tat Tat Who is That?

Ricky Rattie is knocking on Terry tan’s door, there is no answer, so he knocks again and again and before long he is pounding on Terry’s door.

Terry was asleep when he awoke to the pounding on his door.  He got up concerned at what it could be.  He opened the door and there stood an anxious Ricky Rattie.  “There is no need to pound on my door with two paws at once,” said Terry sleepily.  “I worked on a late shift last night and haven’t been asleep very long.”

Ricky apologises for being so impatient and asks Terry if he heard about the car accident near Kowhai Tree Farm a few weeks ago.  “Yes,” replied Terry, Ricky answers, “I was asleep near the site of the accident and when I heard the crash I went closer to have a look and saw Steve inspecting the damaged truck and the green car, which was empty.  Steve backed back and drove off in his truck. I saw a rabbit come out of hiding and hop into the green car and drive off in the opposite direction. But,” Ricky continued,” A beautiful rabbit passenger hopped out of the car at the time of the accident with a big bundle and hopped away. 

 The beautiful rabbit has been living behind the hill in a tent since the car accident.  I have been visiting the site regularly, unbeknown to her at night and eating her left overs.  The last few days she hasn’t been cooking and there is no food at the site and worse, I think she is unconscious.Can you come and visit the site and help her?”“Yes.I will get dressed and you can show me where she is,” replied Terry.

They arrived together at the site and found the beautiful rabbit lying down outside her tent.

  Terry stroked her paw and spoke to her but there was no response.  “We need to get Dr Kiwi to examine her quickly because she is cold,” said Terry. “You stay with her and I will go and fetch Dr Kiwi.”  

Ricky went into the tent and found her sleeping bag and put her in it. He sung to her while he waited for Terry and Dr Kiwi to return.  When he saw them in the distance he hid behind a bush because kiwis don’t like rats.

Dr Kiwi examined her and said she has delayed concussion and a serious eye injury. Terry looked around for Ricky to help him carry her to the Grayson’s home.  (Dr Kiwi’s arms are too short to help carry her).  Dr Kiwi said he was well aware of Ricky Rattie and his sister living in this area and they had done no harm to the kiwis so the kiwis would do no harm to them.   Dr Kiwi said he will go to the Grayson’s house and let them know about the situation.

Dr Kiwi left and Ricky came out of hiding to help Terry carry her to the Grayson’s house. 

   When they arrived Mrs Grayson invited them to come in.  Mrs Grayson put the beautiful rabbit in bed with a hottie.   It wasn’t long before the beautiful rabbit started mumbling.

“What’s your name?” Mrs Grayson asked her when she opened her eyes.  “My name is Ingrid and I was travelling with my boyfriend when we had the car accident.  He told me to jump out and hop away as fast as I could. He hid and then drove the car away after the truck left.   I haven’t seen him since and I have run out of food.”  “ Well, you are safe now and there is enough food here for you,” smiled Mrs Grayson.

K.C. Bunnyborough Wash House

K. C. Bunnyborough has started year 2012 by opening a public Wash House for all the rabbits to use.  It will be managed by Mrs Grayson/blue.  Mrs Grayson/blue is Mrs Grayson’s sister and her husband is Mr Grayson’s brother!  To tell the difference Mrs Grayson/blue will wear a blue lace skirt over her dress and her husband will wear a blue tie and in the future they will use the name Blue instead of Grayson/blue.

The first day K. C. B. Wash House was opened all the rabbits came to have a bath or/and shower!    The rabbits do not have a bath or shower in their homes.   They have been going to the stream to wash themselves.Mrs Grayson has been sewing bags for the school rabbits now she sees a need for each family to have a bag to bring their own towels and soap to the Wash House.

The next morning the Grayson family arrive at the Wash House early. (They missed out using the Wash House yesterday.) There is a fifteen minute time limit for each rabbit that uses the bath or shower. Waiting rabbits stand behind the screen.  The Grayson quads, Tansey, Lace, Tracy and Chantilly have their baths and showers first.   They ask Auntie Blue if they can take baby Brooke to the park tomorrow morning.   Auntie Blue agrees to the idea.  They will also take their baby sister, Pip.  Tansey will ask Mrs White if she can take baby Gwen to the park.  Chantilly will ask Mrs Chocolate if she can take baby Nugget.

The mothers agree and they are going to meet at the Wash House to have a bath or shower then spent some uninterrupted time together to chat.   The next morning the Grayson quads collect a baby each and walk to Plastic Park.

Pip has just slid down the slide and Brooke is on the top of the slide ready to have her turn.  Gwen has climbed the ladder and now she is too scared to come down and starts squealing.  Chantilly climbs the ladder to reach her and bring her down.  Tansey is giving Nugget a swing.   When the baby rabbits have had enough playing on the equipment they all move over to the paddling pool which is at the same park.

The baby rabbits love playing and splashing each other in the paddling pool.  Tansey says to her sisters, “We should have brought some soap and towels and given them a wash.”  The Grayson quads take the baby rabbits home at the end of a happy morning.

You may have noticed that Nugget is brown again!   Mrs Chocolate smothered her in Mr Kiwi's sun protection lotion before sun was picked up.   It will start to fade in twenty four hours and Nugget will be back to her normal colour.

Holiday Activities 2012

Mrs Grayson is busy sewing bags for the rabbits that go to school during these holidays because Mrs Know, the school teacher, has told her that this year when school starts again the young rabbits will be getting homework so they will need a bag to take books home and to bring them back to school.

The Grayson families have spent a lot of time together these holidays and had a group photo taken.

top right to left Father, Mother and Richard.   Next row left to right is Lace, Tansey, Chantilly and Tracy.   In the front is Grace, baby Pip and Gene who is Grace's twin.

Lower rabbits are the Grayson/blue family.  The fathers are brothers and their wives are sisters!!!

Left to right Bluebell, Greg, Hope, baby Brooke, Father and Mother.

There are other family members but they hopped away.

Last Day of School Celebration

Mrs Clematis Know is back at school teaching the rabbits after her recent wedding.

She fondly remembers her first kiss on her wedding day.

The rabbit pupils are decorating the class room for the last school day of the year celebration. Mrs Know notices that Coco and Freya Chocolate are not at school today. Mrs Know is also aware of the struggles Rata and Marigold are having at school and will speak to Mr Know about it and see if they both can get some medical advice.

Mr Chocolate arrives at the school just before the rabbits leave to go home, to tell Mrs Know that his family have moved into their house and the children didn’t come to school today because they have been helping set up at home.

It is 3pm and school has finished for the day and Mr Know has come to pick up Mrs Know on his new bike.Mr Chocolate invites them to come to his house to have a look.

The house still needs a wide window ledge put up on the lower window so Mr Chocolate can display his chocolates and cupcakes he will have for sale.The Chocolate Family are delighted to have their own home.Now Mr Chocolate can do his baking and sell it from home.The other members of his family will help when needed. Mr Chocolate tells Mr and Mrs Know that he is baking something special for the last day of school celebration.

Today is the last day of school and here comes Strawberry, the pony, pulling the cart behind her. Wow! The rabbits exclaim when they see what is on the cart.

The edible house is quickly unloaded off the cart and the rabbits admire Mr Chocolate’s creation.Mr Chocolate tells them that he made it with chocolate, biscuits, icing and pebble lollies. It is for them to eat.

Gene has climbed into the chimney. It looks too nice to eat but soon the rabbits start licking and nibbling at the edible house. What is not eaten can be taken home and some will be given to the White family and Grandpa and Grandmother Cottontail who don't have family here.

  Mr Chocolate will take Strawberry to every rabbit home in K. C. Bunnyborough and they  will receive  some edible house to eat. Everyone is happy that there is a school at K. C. Bunnyborough.

Blowing Bubbles

Blowing bubbles, blowing bubbles

Beautiful bubbles floating in the air

Blowing bubbles, blowing bubbles

Coloured bubbles floating everywhere

The Wedding of Mr Know and Clematis

The Wedding of Mr Know and Clematis

Mr Know and Clematis recently announced their engagement and they would both like to get married as soon as possible.   Clematis has suggested that she would like to get married on the 11^th day of the 11^th month of 2011 at 11 past 11 am.  Mr Know nods his head in approval and quotes, “The sooner the better.” So they arrange their wedding for the date and time Clematis has suggested.

Clematis would like to get married outside and have the ground covered in clematis flowers so she goes to look at the clematis vine to see if there are enough flowers.   There are not enough flowers as she would like because it is at the end of the flowering season.   She will use the few flowers still left on the vine.
Mr Know tells Clematis that she will be picked up at 10.45 am on the wedding day and driven to the arranged wedding site.  Clematis is ready earlier and waits anxiously outside Mr Grayson’s house for her transport to arrive.

Strawberry, the pony arrives pulling a beautiful coach for Clematis to get into to be taken to the wedding site.

   Clematis is nervous and excited at the same time.  Both are older rabbits and Mr Know never thought he would get married... LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING!   When she arrives she sees Mr Know waiting.

She walks up to him and the senior kiwi conducts the wedding service and they say their wedding vows to each other in front of the Grayson family and Chocolate family.They couldn’t invite all the rabbits at K. C. Bunnyborough to come to the wedding ceremony because they arranged it so quickly .

The other rabbits have organised a mid-day meal and entertainment at K. C. Bunnyborough School for Mr and Mrs Know. Clematis is the teacher at the school.

Mr and Mrs Know are over whelmed when they arrive at the school after the wedding ceremony and see what the rabbits have done.The Chocolate family have made them a wedding cake.

Mr White plays the piano while they eat their meal.Terry Tan plays his ukulele after lunch and all the rabbits join in with singing and dancing.

Mr and Mrs Know slip away when no one is looking to go on their honeymoon.  

They are looking forward to a very happy life together.

 

Love is in the Air

Love is in the Air (part 2 of Mr Know meets the Chocolate Family and Clematis)

Clematis has been teaching at K. C. Bunnyborough School for two weeks.  Each day when school finishes Mr Know has visited her at the school to see how she is coping.  He has been very supportive and kind to her.   He appreciates having a teacher to relieve him of his teaching job and he has been able to spend more time visiting the rabbits that live at K. C. Bunnyborough and listen to any concerns they might have.

Last weekend Mr Know showed Clematis around K. C. Bunnyborough and even took her home to his moa egg house where he lives.

0ne morning of the third week while Clematis was at the school teaching the rabbits they heard the danger signal given by rabbits… that is the thumping of their back legs on the ground.  Clematis remains calm and tells the rabbits to continue doing their maths.

Meanwhile, Mr Know, goes to investigate where the thumping signal started.   Terry Tan meets Mr Know and tells Mr Know the friendly fantail had twittered to the nearest rabbit, "A boy and girl are looking into Mr Know’s  moa egg home." The rabbit sent the danger signal. K. C. Bunnyborough is behind Kowhai Corner Farm and is a secret, safe place for rabbits to live and is out of bounds to people.   

Some of the adult rabbits appear to see if they can help but Mr Know tells them to go home and he will go and investigate with Terry Tan and Mr Grayson.

As they get closer to Mr Know’s home the friendly fantail is flittering around and tells the rabbits that it was Joey and Annabelle and that once the first rabbit was informed and started the thumping they ran off very quickly back to the rocks which they were not supposed to climb over.

Mr Know checks his home and all is in order he tells Terry Tan and Mr Grayson that he will go and visit Steve Sunshine, the owner of Kowhai Corner Farm, to find out why Joey and Annabelle have climbed over the rocks.  

Steve Sunshine assures Mr Know that the rabbits are safe and Joey and Annabelle were warned not to climb over the rocks, and  that he will talk with Joey and Annabelle when they arrive back from their overnight camp and that the situation won’t occur again.

Mr Know thanks Steve Sunshine and then hops to K. C. Bunnyborough school to explain to Clematis what has happened.   He is surprised to see the rabbit pupils all calm and doing their school work.

Mr Know and Clematis have spent time together every day since they met!  At the weekend when they were having a picnic together Mr Know gives Clematis a present.

It is a tee shirt!   Mr Know asks Clematis to marry him.  Clematis very happily accepts.