Thursday, July 19, 2012

Rabbit rabbit

When I collected the children from Bunny Camp yesterday there was some unfortunate news.  The Boy's bunny, Biscuit, was sick and needed to be sent home.  The Boy was obviously sad, but not totally downhearted as there was one spare bunny for him to look after instead.  And not just any bunny...

...a Megabunny!

Strictly speaking, she's a Flemish Giant.  No kidding - stretched out she's half as long as the Boy is tall, and too heavy for him to lift by himself.  But she's pretty goodnatured and lollopy. She lives full-time at the farm, so we'll be able to visit her even after the camp finishes.

The Boy was tasked with naming her, so we spent many hours discussing options.  She's all white, so Snowy was a possibility.  Or Vanilla?  The Boy is a mythology buff, so he wondered about Chione (Greek goddess of snow).  I suggested Albunny (modesty prevented me from pressing too hard for Albunniana).  The Boy came up with O-mega, which the rest of us liked, but in the end he has  plumped for Binky, in honour of a (very minor) rabbit character from Harry Potter.

What would you name a giant white rabbit?

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