Furry Little Friend

Whit came in from mowing the lawn and yelled up at me, "Sydni, you need to come downstairs immediately." I was hoping that he hadn't accidentally chopped off his foot in the lawnmower. I arrived at the back door and informed me, "I have the cutest thing you've probably ever seen." Then he reaches in his pocket and fumbles around while I'm thinking he's getting out a piece of paper or flashlight or something and is then going to lead me over to find this cute thing. Nope - he pulls a little creature out of his pocket and sets it on the ground! Is it a mouse? A baby squirrel? No - a baby BUNNY!! AAAAH!!! 

 I asked him how he found it (by the bushes trying to escape the lawnmower) and how he caught it (it was hopping very slowly!) and asked him to get a dishtowel so I could pick it up. He brought me one, told me to have fun playing with it, and instructed me to not let the cat get it (who was already fairly interested). Wanting to play with it but not let it escape from the porch, I put it in the dishtowel (it burrowed in quickly) and put it in a larger plastic bowl and took it upstairs with me while I got an empty box to put it in. 

hiding!

snuggling up

hello! (he was so scared)

tiny!!

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He then became so snuggled in and finally calm that he just rested from all the chaos. I took him outside to put him back where Whit found him, and he was so calm! He just sat there forever while I took picture after picture of him. It was great practice for using manual focus! 

Sleepy little guy

So cute I could die!!

Don't you just want to eat him up??

Precious

I finally decided it was time to leave him in his natural habitat, though I feared he would get eaten up by a predator because of how slow he was! I set him down and he didn't try to move at all. Eventually Whit's mom drove up and we put him in some nearby bushes. I took him out of the towel and set him down and he sat there for a minute and then started walking back towards me!! Ohhhh I wanted to keep him soooo badly!! He eventually turned the other direction and we figured he would be safe and hopefully find his momma soon!