The Runaway Bunny

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Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away.
So he said to his mother, "I am running away."

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"If you run away," said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny."
"If you run after me," said the little bunny, "I will become a fish in a trout steam and I will swimm away from you."
"If you become a fish in the trout steam," said his mother, "I will become a fisherman and I will fish for you."

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"If you become a fisherman," said the little bunny,
"I will become a rock on the mountain, high above you."
"If you become a rock on the mountain high above me," said his mother, "I will be a mountain climber, and I will climb to where you are."

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"If you become a mountain climber," said the little bunny, "I will be a crocus in a hidden garden."
"If you become a crocus in a hidden garden," said his mother, "I will be a gardener. And I will find you."

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"If you are a gardener and find me," said the little bunny, "I will be a bird and fly away from you."
"If you become a bird and fly away from me," said his mother, "I will be a tree that you come home to."

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"If you become a tree," said the little bunny, "I will become a little sailboat, and I will sail away from you."
"If you become a sailboat and sail away from me," said his mother, "I will become the wind and blow you where you want to go."

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"If you become the wind and blow me," said the little bunny, "I will join a circus and fly away on a flying trapeze."
"If you go flying on a flying trapeze," said his mother, "I will be a tightrope walker, and I will walk across the air to you."

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"If you become a tightrope walker and walk across the air," said the bunny, "I will become a little boy and run into a house."
"If you become a little boy and run into a house," said his mother bunny, "I will become your mother and catch you in my arms and hug you."

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"Shucks," said the bunny, "I might just as well stay here where I am and be your little bunny."
And so he did.
"Have a carrot," said the mother bunny.

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