Yesterday dad left the door to the garage open, I guess because he thought we’d like to have someplace new to explore. (Does he think we’re bored?)
Anyway, I had to check it out.
But it’s important to be cautious when going into a new area, because you never know when it might be a trap!
It’s also a good idea not to venture too far at first, in case you need to escape quickly.
Beyond the relative safety of this welcome mat lies a sea of slippery concrete. It took me a while to make it all the way to the other side, but when I got there, I found some hay!
Dad keeps our hay in the garage, and I guess he’s just as messy with hay as we are, so there were plenty of scraps to nibble on.
Powered up from eating that hay, I went around and made sure everything was marked as “mine.” This is a very important job, as I’m sure you can imagine.
Eventually though I got bored of the garage and came out. Then, a little while later, dad closed the door.
What dad doesn’t want you to know (because he’s ashamed of it) is that I snuck back into the garage when he wasn’t looking, and was in there when he closed the door!
I ended up spending the entire day stuck in the garage!!
It wasn’t all bad – the floor was nice and cool – but it was dark and strange, so it wasn’t familiar to me. And when would I be able to get out?
Then something really scary happened – the end of the garage opened up wide and this loud thing came in! It came right at me, so I huddled up under the bikes.
Then the loud thing went quiet, and mom popped out of it. OH YEAH IT’S THE CAR. The thing I hate taking rides in.
After that, dad came rushing out, apologized profusely to me, picked me up and carried me back inside and gave me treats.
I should mention that this is NOT the first time something like this has happened. I’ve snuck into the bedroom before as well without mum or dad noticing, and they’ve closed the door and locked me in there by accident. Likewise, once I snuck into mom’s closet and nobody noticed – and when they did notice I was missing, they searched and searched and couldn’t find me for quite a while!
Still, in the end it all worked out OK, but I think we’ve all learned something from this. Well, dad’s probably learned something – which is to always double-check for bunnies in strange places! And I’ve learned… um… that the garage is a scary place, but if you spend all day in there, you get treats?
Anyway, I don’t think I’ll be going back in there anytime soon!
-Gus
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8 responses to “To Timidly Go Where No Bun Has Gone Before”
it soulnds like quite an adventure!
I prefer “suspicious” to “timid.”
Oh my, Gus! You have had quite an adventure! We’re glad you hunkered down among those bikes so that big thing didn’t run over you. But, how exciting to explore new territory.
Oh Gus! Wow! You and Racer could write a pretty good adventure story about getting out into new and strange places for long times!
Actually, you did a pretty good job of writing one right there!
Gus, I guess that tells you what happens to inquisitive bunnies: they spend the day in the boring garage.
Wow, Gus! I love exploring, too, but I never get to see the garage. My mom says it’s “detached,” whatever that means.
My mom’s cat had a similar problem and she went into the neighbors house via the window!
OOohhh… Gus, you had quite an adventure!! Glad you didn’t get squished by the C-A-R (we don’t like it, mum calls it bunnymobile and takes us to the V-E-T) and then you got apologies AND treats!
We’d like to explore the garage, especially Neville, but you need to to out to the patio and open the gate before opening the garage door. And mum said we can’t go there because there are three bunnies that would fight us out!