A Tale of Charlotte and the Bunny

This story is so amazing that I have to tell it. I have a beautiful blue-eyed bunny and he is an angel in every way. His photo magically popped up on my computer screen not long after I lost my previous bunny in a terrible accident, and while I was still grieving. His photo was online because he was up for adoption. He looks exactly like my other bunny except that he is white and has blue eyes, whereas his predecessor was brown and had dark brown eyes. 

Raphael enjoying his veggies

Raphael is named after the archangel. I discovered that Raphy is also Mr Congeniality. He simply loves people. And he licks everyone who wants to be friends with him with great affection. I was moved to tears the first time he licked my face! You will know what I mean if you have ever been so lovingly licked by a rabbit on your forehead!


Anyway, when I was doing the mural, I decided that Raphy will be on it. I plotted to put him somewhere hidden near the tree, a spot where he will feel safe. However, I made a mistake in scaling him too large for the intended spot and so had to look somewhere else to put him, simply because by then I was too tired to re-do another template for him. The mural was nearing completion and all the people were already completed. I decided to place Raphy near a little girl in the centre of the mural. "She will take care of him," I told my daughter, who was concerned that rabbits might not be popular with some people who regarded them as pests. "If anyone hostile sees him, he can pretend to be a toy," I joked. 


It was not till after the mural was completed that I began to compile a list of names of people who posed for the mural and whose silhouettes were used in the design. Up till then I did not know the name of that little girl. Imagine how surprised I was to learn that her name is Charlotte Bunney! What a coincidence that my bunny found a spot next to a little girl whose last name is Bunney..... or is it really a coincidence?

Charlotte Bunney with Raphael my bunny
as they appear on the Parable of the Tree art mural