was> Once upon a time in a nice little forest, there lived an > > orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake. By a surprising coincidence, > > both were blind from birth. > > One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake
snake> > slithering through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the
bit.> > and fell down. This, of course, knocked the snake about quite a
hurt> > "Oh, my," said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to
going. In> > you. I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm
the> > fact, since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I am." > > "It's quite OK," replied the snake. "Actually, my story is much
you, and> > same as yours. I, too, have been blind since birth, and also never > > knew my mother. Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over
you."> > work out what you are, so at least you'll have that going for
with soft> > "Oh, that would be wonderful" replied the bunny. So the snake > > slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered
a soft> > fur; you have really long ears; your nose twitches; and you have
excitement.> > cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit." > > "Oh, thank you! Thank you," cried the bunny, in obvious
over with> > The bunny suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you all
and no> > my paw, and help you the same way that you've helped me." > > So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked, "Well, you're > > smooth and slippery, and you have a forked tongue, no backbone
Tony Tengai Dorset UK> > balls. I'd say you must be French".
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