I was thinking about the zoo last night, lying next to Ms.Hdog. I imagined her lioness and her monkey cowering in the shadows of their cages. Her bunny is the spawn of the Rabbit of Caerbannog from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," ("That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!"). Her cow is, well, a decent cow. I suppose her lioness and monkey come out of hiding to protect and play with our daughter, but slink back to the shadows when called out by me.
I know what you're saying but instead of seeing her bunny as "foul, cruel" etc. I would see it as her dysfunctional rabid non-sexual lioness protecting her weak bunny which is hiding in a hole. She is in denial that her bunny is weak because she thinks she has bunny protected with lioness and she is in denial of monkey for reasons not unlike those which caused me to be in denial of bunny. Therefore, it's actually possible that she has a pretty strong monkey hidden in the tree.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver
