OK sooooo..... imagine this okays?
there i was sleepy eyed cleaning my teeth in a band t and pj bottoms and what do i see next door.... 4 very active rabbits just taking a stroll around their garden.... why is that bizarre you ask? because next door only ever have them in a run and their run was stacked to the side..... why is that a problem you may think.... because our gardens are humungous... and are on a steep hill, very woody and terraced....with see through wire fences,loads of CATS AND FOXES!
So i have already had to catch the same rabbits a while back with my dad....2 off us took about 45mins to catch them all.....
i think....to my self....Fuck it....
Hairs a mess, no make up..... but i chuck on a hoodie and jeans and crocks and leg it round next door......
Ding dong..ding dong... no reply.... shes taken the kids to schoolll.... Crap crap crap...
Run back round to mine... shut the dog away... leg it up all the steps in my garden and up to the back woody bit and climb over the fence....
Run down next doors garden to see all the little buggers there..... and BOY did they know they weren't ment to be out...and made the most of their freedom lol
So i managed to encourage one back into the cage.... then the more dosile one...floppy.... she was not tooooo bad to catch.. took me a little while but not too bad.....
their babies how ever where another thing.....
When i went down they legged it up and when i went up they legged it down...... my legs were killing me from running up and down the steps and climbing the walls and grassy banks.... just when i thought i had at least one cornered it would use its silly bunny legs and climb the bushes and wall to the next stupid stupid level....... i was not impressed....by this time i think i straightened up.....wiped the sweat beading on my brow...re-tyed my hair and said "oh....for fucksake"...... then one darted under a bush and somehow popped up next door..... CRAP!!!!
then my cat tiggy somehow managed to chase it back through the the wire fence..... then he decided to join in on this adventure.... so my words were
"TIGGY.... if you take one bite of bunny you are TOAST!!!"
but he was surprisingly laid back and just watched the situation unfold.
THEN i managed to catch the white one.... this was the one that had previously gone next door... and put it in the cage.... to turn around and see the other disappear through the same bush and into next doors garden...then start to go down the stairs...SHIT.....
So i leg it back up the garden, climb the fence...run back down my garden, through the house... out my front door, run around to 2 doors down... ring the bell...no one home.....
then i realise...there is no fence or anything to stop the rabbit getting out to the road.... so i had to make a swift decision ....
Go get the rabbit....and suffer the consequences later if someone catches me....
so i ninja like...walked round to their garden checking under the car as i go......
up their stairs and then there by the green house i spy it.....
its got no where to go.....
by this time... i'm drenched..... my legs hurt...my heart is pounding....
this is the only chance i'm going to get because this garden is 10x wilder....and i'll get no other chances to get her...
she looks at me then back at the greenhouse... assessing ..her situation...
that was my que..... i grabbed her and she slipped free...but i managed to get her leg... she kicked and kicked and i really didn't want to hurt her...or let her go.... so i scooped her up into my arms and held her firmly even though she was squirming to get free... i said... "there is no way i'm letting you go now little one no matter how much you scratch.."
my arm was bleeding a little and i was covered in scratches.... but i did it...
Now i just had the issue of getting her back..... i had a long way to go...
so i put her in my porch, locked my dog away... grabbed a box i had... and put her in to it...
slowly carried her back up my garden in the box, over the fence... i put her over first then i followed,
made it all the way down next doors and slowly got her back into her cage....
I then shakily walked back up their garden and over the fence....down in to my own... and then wrote a little note to pop through next doors to let then know...
but i saw my neighbour coming back so i ran out to tell her ^w^
I then had a shower.... and thought i'd write this .......
Em
xxx