This Homestead Girl

Sebastian and his gang are my favorite rabbits to write about. They are usually the source of all adventure, humor, and trouble in my rabbit stories. I wrote this story from Sebastian's perspective, and it was quite possibly the most fun rabbit story I have ever written. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! M y name is Sebastian, and I was a rabbit on a mission. I say “was,” because plan A didn’t go quite as well as I had hoped. You might even say that I failed. But I don’t like to think about failures; instead I like to think about plan B. Yesterday evening as I was hopping past Lottie’s coffee shop, I saw her hanging a very awesome sign on her door. I screeched to a stop and stared. This sign would be an ideal addition to my extensive collection of "unique items" that resides in my basement. Lottie gave me a number of dirty looks before I finally stopped staring and started hopping again. Once I got home, I decided I would do this the polite way and offer to b...

This is a rabbit story that stars Lottie, a chestnut Jersey Wooly doe who owns a small coffee shop, and Sebastian, a chocolate Tan buck, the "king" of the rabbitry. (He's more like the supreme head of mischief and adventure, while Aravis, the queen, keeps things running smoothly.) The story is about the mission that follows the discovery of this sign. First I have a short bit that I wrote in third person that focuses more on Lottie. I t was a bright and sunny morning on Fox Hollow Micro Farm, and Lottie, the Jersey Wooly rabbit, was in her coffee shop, busily searching for a recipe. “There just has to be coffee in this. I know I read that somewhere!” She told a trio of twittering sparrows perched in her open window. After unsuccessfully flipping through ten more recipes, she heard someone knocking noisily on the door. She sighed, put the well-worn cookbook away, and then peered around the corner, quite annoyed, as there were still twenty minutes until the offic...