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This is the second of two books I read in elementary school more than 50 years ago, circa 1960. (I describe the first one in the \u201cA Salmon\u2019s Life Story\u201d stumper.) They connected me with thoughts and feelings way beyond my tender years. I’ve never forgotten either one and would love to read them again.<\/p>\n
This book was about a rabbit whom I\u2019m fairly sure was a farmer. Early in the book he ignores a neighbor farmer who happened to be a skunk, because one simply doesn\u2019t talk to skunks. Once shipwrecked, he has time to reflect on his life and realizes he had been wrong to snub his neighbor. The sentence that sticks in my memory is “he wished he had been kinder to the skunk,” or words to that effect. I\u2019ve included a sketch of what I seem to remember the rabbit looked like \u2013 very sketchily drawn, very little facial expression.<\/p>\n
The rabbit stood upright and wore only pants which I believe were solid black. \u00a0(It\u2019s possible I might be remembering a rabbit from an entirely different book, but I\u2019m fairly sure he\u2019s in the one I\u2019m seeking.)<\/p>\n
This was more than a half century ago, but I’ve never forgotten either of these two books. If I\u2019ve grown into any kind of thoughtful person, they definitely helped point me in that direction.<\/p>\n
Thank you!<\/p>\n
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