Bunnies in the Garden

We tried to succour and protect some baby rabbits in the yard. They did not have much protection when we noticed them so we added a light coating of various twigs, grasses, and vines. I think that their mother made only a couple of fairly brief visits each day. Of course I was afraid that propinquity would give a human odor to the babies but I had to balance that against their being just too visible to raptors, neighborhood cats, and other potential predators. I cared a lot and talked about them much more frequently than when I had my own human babies--- I know that I must not bore people with sagas of infantine smiles or teething. But these bunnies? I felt a certain proprietary pride as if I had written a perfect sonnet.

They kept growing--about 9 or 10 of them lying on top of each other. One morning Nature suddenly blew a whistle and they all scampered away, gained speed, and were gone. We still have rabbits in the yard, but we no longer know if any were from "our" group.