Into the Archives IV: The Bunny Who...

By Sweetie, reporter of things past.

Hello friends, 
Do I have a tale for you... one that you might find hard to believe. 

When I went into the boxes of old stuff from Grammy's past I found out that Grammy had a bunny.... actually, she's had a few bunnies but let me tell you about her first, Puffy.

Now, Puffy (or Puff as Grammy often called him) was just a wee baby when Grammy got him. Fluffy, white and pink in colour Grammy thought he was a girl so she called him PowderPuff.  But, finding out he was a boy she couldn't call him such a fluffy name so she changed it to Puffy and said it was because he was rather puffy at the nether end.  *giggles*

Back then, a gazillion years ago, bunnies were not neutered or spayed as they are today.  AND this little fellow had hormones racing through him which meant he was always on the hunt for love.  Grammy's ankle seemed the perfect mate when he was in a romantic mood.  Grammy on the other hand was rather indignant by such behaviour.  Grammy loved the little dude as a little bunny dude, but it was just plain rude to take advantage of her ankle.   Oh, Grammy! What a silly you are. *giggles again*

Well, Puffy, the little white bunny, spent all his time with Grammy.  When she went camping, he went camping, when she visited friends or family, he visited those friends and family. The only times he didn't accompany Grammy were when she went to work or for groceries or on long distance vacations.  

Puffy was a funny little mite who grew into a 13 pound, long-eared cuddlebunny. As a baby he was harness trained, loved to be cuddled, would fall asleep in Grammy's arms and as an adult would snore as he slept.  He was the talk of the neighbourhood.  Everyone loved the little white bunny with personality to spare.

But, let me tell you about the time he didn't hop beside Grammy like a polite little bunny.  Now it isn't his fault.  He was excited to be on his leash and going for a walk and just wanted to binky (unexpected sudden sideways hops).  

On this particular day they were camping near Lake Erie, Puff was in his cage anxious to get out and play.  After a short afternoon shower Grammy put him in his harness for a romp in a nearby field.  Both were excited to be outdoors and Puff bounced his way across the campground and into the open field.

Suddenly he binkied in front of Grammy causing her to lose her balance.  Her foot slipped in the damp grass, hit a clump of grass and dirt and she buckled with a 'snap'.  Worried about Puff she held onto him until someone could take the leash and take him back to his cage. 

Knowing he was safe, not in pain herself and not realizing there was a problem she stood up, heard a louder 'snap' and watched her leg bones separate just above the ankle She fell over once more.  Long story short, Grammy's 2 leg bones were now in 5 pieces. But that wasn't determined until later.  But Puffy was safe. That was all that mattered.

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Next was to have the leg treated, so, into a vehicle and off to the nearest hospital.  The hospital was a small cottage hospital not equipped for what they saw in the x-rays... so that meant a longer trip into the city an hour or more away.  Packed into a blow-up cast and given something for pain, the next 'leg' *giggles* of the journey began.

​Long story short, Grammy needed surgery, knew the nurses in the operating room -members of her church and was teased about how a sweet wee bunny broke her leg.  A few days in hospital and months of physiotherapy and Grammy was almost back to normal and the bunny survived. 

So let's get back to Puff...

Another thing Puffy loved was to play in his cage... a 10 foot by 2 by 3 foot wood framed and wire meshed thing put together by Grammy.  One day Grammy set a foil turkey pan in the cage.  Puffy decided it was the perfect tool to entertain himself at night.  Two stories above, in her bedroom, Grammy could hear him dragging the foil pan to one end of the cage.  Then he would take a flying leap onto it and slide it to the other end of the cage where it stopped with a kerplunk.  This would go on repeatedly through the night each and every night.  Drag, scrape, rattle rattle , kerplunk.  Drag, scrape, rattle rattle , kerplunk over and over again. What a scamp.

AND when Grammy had to be away for whatever reason Grammy's mom would bunny sit.  She was forewarned that he was a scamp and he loved to chew things - wires, carpet, rope, wood and if she let him out of the cage HE SHOULD BE CLOSELY SUPERVISED.  Emphasis on CLOSELY!!!  Grammy returned to find out GreatGrammy hadn't listened and her telephone wire and stereo speaker wires were chewed.  The bunny was busy scamp and GreatGrammy was an unhappy bunny sitter.  Shoulda listened!!!!

There's more in those archive boxes (like Twink and Wendell and Peaches and others) but we're out of time today.  Let's save them for another blog.

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