Lele Rabbit and Shy Rabbit are neighbors. Lele Rabbit notices that Shy Rabbit is very shy and never interacts with the neighbors.
When Shy Rabbit sees Brother Bull coming from the opposite side, his face instantly turns red, and he quickly takes a detour.
“What a shy rabbit,” Brother Bull says.
When Shy Rabbit sees Sister Pig passing by his door, he quickly shuts the door tightly and peeks at Sister Pig through the window.
“What a shy rabbit indeed!” Sister Pig shakes her head and walks away.
After some observation, Lele Rabbit notices that Shy Rabbit has a habit—every time he passes by his mailbox, he takes a look inside.
“What is he looking for? What is he expecting?” Lele Rabbit wonders. But he has never seen Shy Rabbit take anything out of the mailbox, not even a feather or a leaf, let alone a letter.
Lele Rabbit thinks, “I have such a shy neighbor, it’s so boring. I hope I can help him change this flaw.”
So, Lele Rabbit quietly places a red, round carrot into Shy Rabbit’s mailbox.
In the early morning, when Shy Rabbit goes out, he glances at the mailbox.
“Wow! What’s this? Who put a beautiful carrot in here? It must be a mistake!” Shy Rabbit smells the fragrant carrot and walks away.
In the evening, when Shy Rabbit comes back, he glances at the mailbox again—”Wow! That tempting, red radish is still in there!”
Shy Rabbit can’t help but call out, “Whose carrot is this? Whose radish is this?” His voice is so small that only Shy Rabbit himself can hear it. Shy Rabbit calls for a long time, but no one answers. Helplessly, he goes into his house.
The next day, he finds another carrot in the mailbox. He thinks, “Maybe someone sent this to me because it’s impossible for someone to continuously send it to the wrong place. Who sent it?”
Shy Rabbit takes the two carrots back to his house, washes them, and starts eating. “So sweet!” Shy Rabbit exclaims happily.
And so, Shy Rabbit receives a red carrot every day.
“Hmm, who cares so much about me? Who’s being so kind to me?” Shy Rabbit decides to find out and quietly hides in the big tree outside the door.
After a while, he sees Lele Rabbit coming with a carrot, putting it into the mailbox.
Shy Rabbit really wants to thank Lele Rabbit, but he can’t bring himself to speak.
Accidentally, he knocks off a branch from the tree, and Lele Rabbit hurriedly climbs the tree to hide.
“Huh? Shy Rabbit, what are you doing here?” Lele Rabbit exclaims.
“Huh? Lele Rabbit, it’s you!” Shy Rabbit exclaims as well.
They hold hands and jump down from the tree.
“Thank you, Lele Rabbit.” After saying this, Shy Rabbit suddenly feels not as shy as before.
From then on, Shy Rabbit and Lele Rabbit become good friends. Gradually, he also becomes friends with other small animals in the village.
Shy Rabbit’s mailbox is like his little heart. Because of his shyness, he missed many opportunities to let the warm sunlight in, and this sunlight is friendship! Lele Rabbit, in a unique way, entered Shy Rabbit’s world, allowing him to feel the warmth of friendship. They became good friends, and this is indeed a warm and touching story!
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
