The night before, Ruthie was still a bit worried about her spelling list that she should have studied. She decided that she would look at it as soon as she woke up the next morning, but when she did wake up … something unbelievable had happened in the night! Her pillows were bigger than usual, her bed seemed to be larger too and the ground further away and she was horrified to discover that her arms and hands had turned into paws … in fact – she had been transformed into a beautiful white rabbit with pink eyes during the night … and she had always refused to eat carrots … she disliked carrots intensely …
Ruthie goes on a journey to try to find out what was going on and discovers that a rabbit has to do what a rabbit has to do.
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“Ouch!” Ruthie shouted. The pain shot through her whole body. It really hurt being picked up by your ears. She tried to free herself, but couldn’t. She was helpless. “Let go of me, you big ape!” she shouted, but Peter didn’t respond. He dangled her by the ears and studied her from all angles.
Then he put her under his jersey and gripped her with his one hand and set off on his bike again. It felt horrible. It was pitchdark under his jersey. She tried kicking herself loose with her hind legs, but she could not. His grip was too tight.
“Hi Gerald,” she heard him shout. “Look what I found! A tame rabbit. It was just sitting in the street. It didn’t even run away. He held Ruthie by the ears and dangled her in front of Gerald. “This is my biology project. I didn’t know what I was going to do – but now I have rabbit bones! I must just cook it up and sort out the bones. Isn’t it a great idea?”
