by David K. Hurd Sr.

THERE ONCE WAS A CURIOUS RABBIT WHO THOUGHT HE WAS SO COOL. ONE DAY HE
DECIDED THAT HE WOULD GO FOR A WALK IN THE FOREST. HIS MOTHER HAD TOLD HIM OF
THE DANGERS OF THE WOOD,BUT HE DID NOT HEED HER WARNINGS. HE, RICHARD RABBIT,
HAD HEARD ABOUT THE FOXES,THE WOLVES,AND THE MOST FEARED OF ALL MAN. BUT RICHARD
KNEW AND WENT ANYWAY.AS HE STROLLED INTO THE WOOD HE WAS AWARE OF THE BIRDS
SINGING AND THE BABBLE OF A BROOK. I'M THIRSTY HE THOUGHT SO HE STROLLED
TOWARDS THE SOUND OF THE RUNNING WATER. AS HE PEERED FROM THE FOLIAGE HE SAW
A
MAN SITTING NEAR THE WATER.HE HAD A POLE IN HIS HAND AND IT LOOKED AS THOUGH
HE
WAS SLEEPING.RICHARD THOUGHT FOR A MOMENT .HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO PLAY A
TRICK ON THE MAN.SLOWLY AND QUIETLY HE MADE HIS WAY AROUND AND CAME UP BEHIND
THE MAN.FOR A SECOND THE MAN STIRRED.RICHARD FROZE WAITING TO SEE WHAT HE DID.
THE MAN SETTLED AND FELL BACK TO SLEEP.AN ODOR FLEW PAST HIS NOSE,IT WAS FOOD.A
SMELL HE HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE IT GNAWED AT HIS STOMACH, UNTIL HE FELT
RAVENOUS.HE FOLLOWED THE SENT.IT LED TO A CLEARING.THERE SITTING ON A PILE OF
LEAVES WAS AN ORANGE VEGETABLE.IT SMELLED SCRUMPTIOUS.SNEAKING OVER TO THE
BEAUTIFUL MOUTH WATERING SENT.HE GRABBED AT VEGETABLE THERE WAS A CLICK AND THE
LAST THING RICHARD SAW WAS THE COLD JAWS OF STEAL CLOSE AROUND HIS NECK,CRUNCH.
AND WITH A LIFELESS TWITCH RICHARD WAS DEAD.
THE MORAL OF THIS STORY.WELL
1>ALWAYS DO WHAT MOM SAYS.
2>NEVER GIVE IN TO TEMPTATION.
3>LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.
THE END
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