Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Yesterday a little yellow bunny hopped into my dreams and told me a secret. The little yellow bunny said that if I was lucky on the 13th night of the 8th month I would be able to see many bunny stars hopping around in the clear night sky. Bunny stars appear once in a gazillion years and they are luck bringers. The little yellow bunny wished me luck in catching them and gave me a bunny net.

And so on 13th night I waited with bated breath atop the mossy hill for the bunny stars to appear. And true enough, a little blue bunny hopped from behind a cloud into the clear night sky. And then there was another green bunny star, yawning away near Mr. Moon. And more bunny stars appeared everywhere in the clear night sky. Orange ones with long floppy ears, red bunny stars with fluffy white tails, brown bunny stars with long whiskers. And then there was this white bunny star sitting apart from the other bunnies. She was washing her perky ears with her paws and all the while her pink nose wouldn't stop wiggling. She sniffled and snoffled the crisp air and a gentle breeze blew a whiff of me towards her. Her perky ears shot up immediately and she turned toards me and sniffled at me intently.

I brought out my bunny net and caught her gently. She was smaller than I had imagined, no bigger than my pinky toe. She snuggled up to my palm and I called her, Pinky bean. I caught another 137 bunny stars and put them in a glass bottle.

They are indeed lucky, for the very next day I found my favourite pencil underneath my bed. The bunny stars continued to bring me luck in small ways everyday. And Pinky bean sleeps on the pillow next to me every night.

One night, the yellow bunny appeared in my dreams again. The little yellow bunny told me that it is not good luck to hold on to the bunny stars for a long time or they will become unlucky. The little bunny advised me to pass on the lucky bunny stars to someone special on the night of 18th. I thanked the little yellow bunny and promised her I will.

The end.

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