The Little Sad Rabbit

I think it happened in winter when I first saw the little sad rabbit. He was sad, so instead of eating him, I invited him to tea. As a fox, I'm supposed to be rude and wily, but sometimes everyone in this forest forgets that I need to eat too. And that the famous birds eat too. And rabbits too.

So when the little sad Rabbit entered my cave, I had already put the tea on the table. I tried to ask him why he was so sad, but I couldn't. Because I thought I knew the answer. After some time of silence, I finally chocked out the question. And I was right. The little sad Rabbit said that his parents never came home last week. I was scared to my core, that I had killed them. I asked the next question about his home. Where is his home? If there is even the slightest chance, that I didn't kill them...

But I didn't get lucky. Of course not. They were in my hunting territory when they disappeared. The little sad Rabbit had started guessing my thoughts, and I hated admitting something so evil. So sad to this little rabbit. But I had no choice. The little sad Rabbit deserved to know who killed his parents. I couldn't speak, so I wrote it on a piece of paper. The little sad Rabbit wasn't surprised when he read the note. Or angry. He just got even sadder. And that broke my heart into millions of pieces.

Later that day when the little sad Rabbit had gone home, I went for a walk. And in the snow, I saw a little lump body. My heart skipped a beat. And yes, yet again luck wasn't on my side. It was the little sad Rabbit. I picked him up in my jaws and carried him to my cave. There I put him into my bed and covered him with blankets.

After some time the little sad Rabbit got better. Still, I couldn't bear the sadness he carried in his heart. Once he even tried to ask me to kill him. I pretended that I didn't understand. Some of the other forest animals were saying that I need to kill him. That the world didn't want such a sad rabbit. And still, I couldn't end the little sad Rabbits life. Eventually, he got a little bit better. And yet again he asked me again to kill him. And yet again I couldn't.

After some time we decided that this world isn't good. That this world is trying to kill us. Him because he is too sad and me because I end lives for eating. So we went away from this world. We went away forever. Together.