Karen has written so kindly when other's pets have passed...I offer this attempt in tribute to their furry baby.
Beloved brownest baby bunny
Grew perfectly
To tuck in Mother’s cradled arms
Cuddling and warm.
Bigger bravest funny bunny
Hopped about
To fav’rite spots for raisins
And any treat she wanted.
Wilful, cute and feisty girl -
Medicate? Good luck
To those who dared to
Cross her ways.
But altogether loved and loving,
Miss Hoppy thrived beyond the years
That books had said she ought to –
Those books she hadn’t read, and had she,
Would ignore and prove them very wrong.
And so you did, Miss Hoppy girl,
At 11 years a-sleeping
More and more, til loved and snuggled,
You slept the long and peaceful time.
Play happy at the Bridge, dear one;
Look down and see your parents’ tears,
Visit in their saddened dreams,
Soothe away their night-time fears.
No one but you could be so loved;
You ever in our memories be.
Rest well, dear girl, now do rest well,
And peace upon your family be.
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