Fluffy and Cedric: Bunny story with a moral

¦Fluffy, the orphan bunny and Cedric the orphan snake lived in the forest;

they were, by an amazing coincidence, both blind from birth.

One morning, bright and early Fluffy was hopping through the forest when he

tripped over the body of Cedric who was basking in the sunlit undergrowth.

Fluffy landed quite hard on the prostrate body of Cedric.

'Crikey,' exclaimed Fluffy the bunny, 'I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to squash

you. I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going. In fact,

since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what creature I am.'


'That's OK, mate,' commented Cedric the snake. 'Actually my story is much

the 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 and work out

what you are, so at least you'll be able to find that out.'

'What a marvellous idea,' replied Fluffy the bunny.

So the Cedric slithered all over Fluffy and said, 'Well, you're covered with soft

fur, you have really long ears, your nose twitches and you have a soft

cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny rabbit.'



'Oh, thank you, thank you,' cried Fluffy with tremendous pleasure. Then

Fluffy the bunny suggested to the snake, 'Perhaps I could be allowed to feel

you all over with my paw and help you the same way that you've helped me.'

So Fluffy the bunny felt Cedric the snake all over and summarised, 'Well,

you're smooth and slippery, you have a forked tongue and no backbone. I'd

say you must be either a team leader or possibly someone in senior

management.'