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This was a Badly Injured, Wild Little Baby Bunny, that a Close Friend of John's and Mine brought to Me To Care For and Save If I Could. He had Rescued It from his Mother's dog, who had taken It from his Mother's cat. Still Alive, Poor Thing. I Named It 'Clover', Because It Was "Sweet As". Never quite Sure if It was Male or Female. It's hind legs were paralysed from the Rough Treatment It Received from the Dog and Cat. Very Young and Tiny. I Knew It probably Wouldn't Survive, and If It Did... We would Have To Keep It as a "Pet". Because It was Too Disabled to be Released into the Wild.

Besides which... Wild Rabbits are Considered a Serious Pest, and Invasive Species in Australia by Most People. Because They Cause millions of dollars of Damage To Crops. Not Their Fault, Of Course... That They "Breed Like Rabbits" and Do What They Do To Survive. They are European Rabbits brought to Oz by Someone, Some When, for Whatever Reasons Then.

I Cherish Beauty, and Love Animals. Always Have, Always Will. Always Fight To Save And Protect Whatever Beauty I Find Endangered. It's Part Of My Nature To Do So.

When I began to Call various Vets and Wildlife Experts on How to Properly Care for and Possibly Heal this Sweet, Little Helpless, Innocent Creature that Fate had put In My Charge... Everyone I Contacted, told me to Kill It, to Let It Die. "The Hell You Say!!! Over My Dead Body!!! " Is Always My Reply. Instinctive Reaction. Whenever I am Urged, Coerced, Or Pressured To Ignore the Truth that's In My Heart... My Devotion to Whatever Intrinsic Beauty I May Encounter, and Recognise over the Course Of My Life. No Matter In What Form I See and Find It. They hadn't Looked Into Clover's Bright, Little Eyes Like I Had. So Full Of Life, In Spite Of. Nor Seen It's Trust In Me. Inside this Wild Creature, that had No Good Reason to Trust Anything in the Beautiful, But Cruel World, It had only Known for such a Short Time. Clover would Make a little "clicking Noise" Whenever I Held and Fed It. Petted It to Reassure It, To Ease It's Pain. A Rabbit's "Purr" Of Contentment and Appreciation for All that I Did For It's Comfort. Who Knew They even Did Such A Thing? Were Capable of Feeling Affection and Gratitude? Especially at such a Tender, Young Age?? I Didn't. It's Lovely Fur was Indescribably Soft and Silky, with a Texture my fingers Loved To Touch. Luxuriant. A Living Wonder. One of Mother Nature's Many Gifts, as far as I'm Concerned.

I Did the Best I Could By Clover. Cared for It until It Died 7 Days Later, a Week Before Christmas, During a Record Heat Wave. Wept Over Clover when He/She Died. As Any Foster Mother Would, for My Furry, Little "Wild Child". Buried Clover in Our Backyard, under the Shade of the Largest Jacaranda Tree. Because When it Blooms, it Somehow Produces an Elusive, Invisible "Cloud" of Honey-Sweet Fragrance, Just As "Sweet" as I Perceived Clover's Spirit To Be.

We Lived in an Old House Built in Bankstown, around the 1930's or 1940's I Reckon. Over the Years since That House was Built... Our Backyard was Fenced with a Patchwork of Fencing. Some Panels Newer Metal Sheets. But Also Wooded Panels along One Side and along the Back. So Old, nails Rusted and Became Loose, or Fell Out. Planks partly Rotted Away. Leaving Gaps that Enabled "Wild Things" to Enter Our Backyard. Not All of Which were Welcome. So, I Tried to Block Those Gaps, with Spare Bricks, and Larger Rocks and Bits of Scrap Lumber I Occasionally Found.

The Next Morning After I Buried Clover... Along With bits of Clover Blossoms and Other Flowers from Our Gardens, and Those Pretty Flowers Growing Wild In Our Backyard... Had Marked Clover's Grave with Pretty Rocks I'd Found... I Chanced to Look at Clover's Tiny Grave. Saw to my Astonishment, A Huge, White Rabbit, Sitting On Clover's Grave. The "Easter Bunny" Come to "Pay It's Final Respects". Maybe "The White Rabbit" from Alice's Wonderland. A Phenemon I couldn't Explain. Because I asked Around the Neighborhood After It Mysteriously Appeared in Our Backyard.

No One was Missing a White Rabbit.

It Seemed to Be Standing "Vigil" on Clover's Grave!!! The White Rabbit Stayed by Clover's Grave for 3 Days and Nights, before It just as Mysteriously "Went Away". Through One of the Gaps In the Fence I Guess. I Never Saw It Before Or Since. Never Knew from Whence It Came. Not Long After, I Chanced to Find a Ceramic Garden Statue of a Large, White Rabbit... so I bought it, and Placed It next to Clover's Grave. A Reminder of My Sweet Clover and How She/He Touched My Life With Innocence and Magic.

Clover's Grave was Destroyed by the Property Developers in Aug 2015. After we were Evicted. Forced to Flee "Ground Zero" Before the Bulldozers Came. They Destroyed Everything. But I Managed To Save Clover's White Rabbit Statue. Took It With Us When We Fled . I Still Have It.

Whenever I would Go Visit My Grandma And Grandpa Bohannon As A Child... Sometimes there was some Suspicious-Looking "Fried Chicken" on the Dinner Table. As A Girl... After I Learned that My Uncle Gary Sometimes Hunted Rabbits and Squirrels To Kill, and Prepare For Eating at Dinner... I Wouldn't Eat Any Fried Meats For Supper, Unless I was Absolutely "Certain" That "Fried Chicken" Really Was Chicken. But I Suspect that Sometimes... They were "Pulling My Leg." To This Day... I Still Can't Bear To Eat Squirrels, Rabbits, Lambs Or Veal If I Can Help It. Don't feel "Right" About Eating Any Creature Capable Of Knowing the Joy of "Playing". Perhaps I'll Feel Differently After The "Coming Apocalypse". Even So... No Matter What Happens... I Still Refuse to Eat My Cat Nina, if Doomsday Comes and Goes, and I'm Still Here and "Hungry As". It Would Just Be "Another Doomsday" As Far I Am Concerned... But Nina Is "One-Of-A-Kind". As Was "My Sweet Clover".

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