A Story For Natalie

Oscar and Fang

Oscar woke up, rubbed his ears with his front paws, wriggled his nose and waited for Natalie. She always came early to say hello to him.

Soon he heard the garage door open and there was Natalie outside his cage talking to him. Oscar loved the sound of her voice and jumped around in his cage because he was so happy.

Natalie continued to talk to him as she opened the cage door while Oscar waited his chance to jump out and run around the garden.

Oscar knew he was a lucky bunny because he was able to run around the garden while Natalie and her Mum cleaned his cage and when he went  back in it tonight it would be all clean and fresh.

Oscar hopped off towards the vege garden where he ate some broccoli leaves and then some silver beet. Next he scratched a hole just for fun and hid under the pumpkin leaves in the corner of the garden. This was to trick Natalie when she came looking for him.

Then he heard Natalie calling his name and while he felt he should let her see him he was also a playful bunny and decided to tease her by keeping really still so she wouldn't  see him. Not even his little nose wriggled as he hid so quietly.

However it wasn't long before Natalie found him and picked him up to give him a big cuddle.  He could tell by her voice that she wasn't angry with him and had really enjoyed playing hide and seek.

Now it was time for school and Natalie had said goodbye to him and gone off to catch the Walking School Bus leaving Oscar to play on his own for the day. Under the begonias, around the fuchsias and along the fence for a drink of water kept Oscar busy.

Suddenly Oscar noticed something moving along the top of the fence so he stopped an kept perfectly still until he could decide what it was. Luckily he was hidden from the thing on the fence and he continued to keep very still.

With a loud Miaow Fang the cat sprang from the top of the fence and began to advance towards Oscar who by now was terrified. Fang was big, mean and hungry looking and Oscar did not fancy being his lunch.

In two big hops  Oscar had left Fang behind as he raced towards his cage and what he hoped would be safety.  However he  realised as he got closer that although he might be able to jump into the cage it was big enough for Fang to come after him and he now became very scared.

Fang was getting closer to him as he approached the cage and he was beginning to despair when suddenly he heard Natalie's voice. She must be home from school and she always came to  check on him as soon as she arrived home. He hoped she would hurry up and come and help him.

Then there she was. She spotted Fang at the same time he saw her and while she yelled at him to get out of her garden Oscar raced towards her and sat by her legs. They were really pleased to see each other and Oscar was so thankful she had come in time to help him and he hadn't had to try Kung Fu on Fang.

Natalie gave Oscar a big cuddle then wrapped him in a blanket and took him into the house to watch TV with her. They were very happy to see each other and to share their happiness together.They were both smiling as they snuggled up to each other and talked about their day.