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I was very nearly murdered tonight, my friends. No, not by a gun-wielding ruffian from the streets. Nor by my dog in a frenzied fit of sleep-attacking. Nor by pianos falling on my head.

No, I nearly got myself killed by-- got my head exploded by--The Cute.

I was on my way to the diner, to meet with my good friend Bill and consume entirely too many calories. I was driving down the street, a law-abiding citizen, entirely minding my own business. Slightly run-down area of town? Well, yes, but I had my aura of Good Karma to sustain me. And then it happened. I was first in line at a red light, and right there in front of me, properly crossing on a green: not one, not two, not even three, but five geese. A whole family. Mother in the lead-- or perhaps Father, I wasn't that close-- followed by three fairly robust, strapping goslings, in a proper and obedient row, with the lead brought up by Father. Or Mother. I may have shrieked. I know I made some manner of gurgling comment entirely and singularly appropriate to my gender. I may even have swooned. It was just that cute. One by one, they came to the wide, grassy, lightly-forested median in the centre of the road, and hopped jauntily up the curb.

But wait. There's more.

As the light changed, and I made my careful way across the intersection, still crooning, I answered the second-oldest question in the book: why did the geese cross the road? Because there, in the grass, waiting for them...was a Little. Fluffy. Bunny.

It's a miracle I'm here today, folks. A miracle.

Date: 2007-06-14 01:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grinning-fox.livejournal.com
I spent the post making similar gurgling comments entirely and singularly unfortunately suited to folks with my particular set of reproductive organs. GAH! A lesser woman might have spontaniously combusted, my dear! Thank heavens you survived!

How freakin' adorable...

Date: 2007-06-18 07:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eponas-pen.livejournal.com
I have to say I had my fill of cute today, too. Jen & I were taking an adult robin with a hurt wing to Wilma (the 87 year young woman who takes in the likes of a robin with a hurt wing) and she had two aquariums full of baby quails. Now THOSE are some adorable babies. They all pile on top of each other to sleep like kittens. There were 9 in one cage, all varying in ages (only a week or two apart) and there were 15 in another cage who were all found in a sewer grate on Thursday. Very cute.

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