My mother's house was home to several foster children. One was a young girl who loved animals, as did my mother. Probably because of her situation, the girl had a particular interest in rescuing needy animals. And there was plenty of housing for her to do this. She once found a young rabbit who seemed lost and abandoned and installed it in an outdoor hutch with a roomy attached enclosed wire run. The rabbit seemed to thrive.
Some time later, maybe weeks or a few months, the girl also rescued a young opposum, and added it to the rabbits's habitat in the back yard.There was plenty of room for the 2 little apparently orphaned animals, and they shared the hutch and the run and seemed to enjoy each other's company.
Until they didn't. One day when the young girl went to give them their morning feeding, she came upon the possum as usual, but she found the rabbit with its head chewed off.
If you see a moral to this tale, don't blame me.
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