"If it wasn't for the female human talking gently to me the whole time, I would have absolutely gnawed a hole through that dumb carrier and made my way back to...somewhere...not as scary...
I went from being man-handled (quite literally) by pudgy, sweaty fingers in the airport to being shoved under a tiny seat on a plane (I think that's what they called it). It must have been a day and a half we were on that contraption (and I'm not the exaggerating type of rabbit), and my, was it the bumpiest ride ever! Female Human finally unwedged me from under the seat, and we made a long walk down a tunnel and out into an open room with bright lights and LOTS OF SCARY HUMANS! Too many, if you ask me. We walked some more, and at one point, Female Human and Male Human unzipped my carrier and peeked in. I shivered in the corner, but ya know, it was kind of nice to see their familiar faces.
Just as I was feeling a teeny bit better, we had to get on some type of long, silver monster with blue lights! It was loud and fast, and it stopped a lot and the doors would open and a voice would tell us what stop was next. I did not like it at ALL. When that was finally over, we had to walk up stairs and out into the great, big, wide...OUTDOORS! Yikes! There were cars going by and tall buildings and almost--wait for it--no grass! What kind of horrid place has no delicious, delightful grass?! We hurried across a road and hopped into a car that seemed to just be waiting for us. How did they know we needed a ride? What was this place? I definitely wasn't in Florida anymore.
After a few minutes, we were able to get out of the car, and through the little air holes in my carrier, I could see we were walking into a building. Inside, it was bright...but it was cozy...and quiet. It didn't seem so bad. Maybe we were going back to Miss Stephanie's house! I do miss Miss Stephanie...
We finally reached another door. We walked inside, and Female Human put my carrier down and unzipped it. Seriously? I could come out if I wanted? I cautiously made my way toward the opening...I popped my nose out first, whiskers twitching like crazy...then my head...ears to attention...wriggled my body out...and then...
HOLY SWEET FREEDOM, BATMAN!!! So glad to be out that gosh darn carrier and away from noises and bumpiness and too many people, and for the love of all things edible, please let there be grass here!
Well...it wasn't Miss Stephanie's. It wasn't even Lady Gail's (I miss her, too)...but it had a familiar feeling...something warm and inviting...
I was still a little too nervous to venture too far down the hallway (plus, the humans blocked the end of the hallway with bags and boxes, like I was a common criminal or something, psh puh-lease). But I didn't mind taking in all the new smells around me. Male Human rigged up some sort of cage-like structure in a room for me. It wasn't quite like I had at Lady Gail's, but it was decent. And I had room to move around. And glory hallelujah there was a box of hay, just for me!
I sniffed around for a bit, found the coolest things called 'closets', and then I hunkered down in my crazy chicken-wire-like pen (Male Human kept saying he was gonna build me a 'real' cage, whatever that meant). There was hay and lettuce and pellets...really, all the things I love. This place wasn't so bad, after all.
As Male and Female Human rubbed my head and back, turned off the light, and went to bed, I started to think about my crazy day. It was long and scary and weird, and I felt like I was far away from anything I really knew. But this new place wasn't scary. And I felt ok here. Suddenly, I realized why this place seemed familiar to me. It felt...like...home. And Male and Female Human...well, they kinda felt like home, too. I started to think I'd like it here. A little shiver of excitement ran down my spine, and I kicked my back legs out behind me. If I wasn't in that makeshift cage, I think I would have ran in circles out of sheer joy..."
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