rabbit stories for kids: Rabbit’s Friendship
The rabbit injured its foot, and for a whole week, it couldn’t move. The hedgehog used its spines to carry berries, vegetable leaves, and lots of provisions to the rabbit until it recovered. So the rabbit said, “Thank you, Hedgehog. Let me be your friend, shall we?”
“Of course,” said the hedgehog. “Good friends should make friends.”
One day, the rabbit went to visit the hedgehog’s house and met the squirrel on the way, so it stopped to greet the squirrel.
“What have you been up to lately?” asked the squirrel. “I don’t like lazy folks.”
“Oh my, little squirrel, your fur is so beautiful, with a dark stripe on your back. Let me be your friend, shall we? I was friends with the hedgehog, but I don’t like it; it’s too prickly.”
“Alright,” said the squirrel, “but I have a lot of work today. Let’s talk another day.”
“Hey, squirrel, why are your cheeks so puffed up? Do you have a toothache?”
“No, it’s walnuts.”
“Walnuts? Where are they?”
“In my mouth.”
“Do you always live with walnuts in your mouth?”
“Of course not. I have to shell them, dry them, and store them in our little warehouse for winter. I have to go now; we’re all busy collecting walnuts.”
A week later, the rabbit went to visit the squirrel’s house and met the weasel on the way. The rabbit said, “Look at you, so impressive, standing straight like a wooden peg. I was friends with the squirrel, but it was too serious. I’d rather be friends with you, okay?”
“Sure, let’s be friends,” agreed the weasel.
“Why were you whistling just now?”
“I like to whistle.”
“Teach me, will you?” So the weasel spent a long time trying to teach the rabbit to whistle, but finally, the weasel waved its hand and said, “You can’t do it right. You should whistle, but you’re just squeaking.”
“You whistle just like me!” said the rabbit.
“Alright, if you can whistle, then go ahead and whistle,” said the weasel, a bit annoyed, as it burrowed into its hole.
The rabbit sat by the hole for a while, then got up and went to the forest. By the pond, it saw a puppy.
“Hey, puppy, wait for me!”
“Why are you calling me?” asked the puppy. “What’s the matter? Hurry up, I’m busy.”
“What are you doing?”
“I have to look after the geese.”
“Is that so? By the way, why are you so fluffy?”
“I was born this way.”
“I really like you,” said the rabbit. “I was friends with the hedgehog, then with the squirrel and the weasel. Now I don’t want to be friends with them anymore. You’re better than all of them. Will you be my friend?”
The puppy looked at the rabbit and then bluntly said, “No, I don’t want to be your friend.” Then it ran off in the other direction around the pond. The rabbit was very surprised. Why didn’t the puppy want to be friends with me?
To answer the question at the end of the story: The puppy likely didn’t want to be friends with the rabbit because the rabbit was fickle and ungrateful. It kept discarding its old friends for new ones, without appreciating the kindness and loyalty of those who helped it, like the hedgehog. The puppy probably sensed that the rabbit was not a sincere friend.
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
