... Annie stepped back from the window. Although she was not scared, the five rabbits looking up at her made her a bit nervous. She breathed deeply and tiptoed to the window again. She looked down... the rabbits were still there, in a perfect circle and looking up at her. Why were they standing there? Were they trying to tell her something? Suddenly she heard the bell again. At the sound of it, the rabbits quickly stood on their hind legs, wiggled their noses and hopped to the end of the yard disappearing so quickly, Annie could not even tell where they had gone. She heard her mother calling her for dinner, and still thinking about the rabbits hurried downstairs.
That night Annie could not go to sleep. She kept picturing the rabbits in her head. A thunderstorm could be heard in the distance, but it seemed to be getting nearer. Soon enough the pitter patter of raindrops hitting the roof came. By the time it stopped, Annie was fast asleep. The sound of the water bell woke her, again softly but very clear. At first she thought she was dreaming, but as she remembered the rabbits Annie sat up on her bed, ran to the window and looked down. The white rabbits were there and in the distance she could vaguely see a black figure, under the moonlight, hopping toward her. It was the black rabbit. It joined the others, and repeating the ritual, they hopped in all directions and stopped, forming a perfect circle and looking up at Annie. Just like before, she thought, only this time, she rushed down the stairs and out the door towards the rabbits. What she saw next she couldn´t believe....
(Visit us tomorrow for more of The Rabbit Circle / If you just joined us today look for The Rabbit Circle -- Part 1 in yesterday´s posts)
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