AmyStrange & the Criminal
(Part 1: the Escape)
                              Copyright © 2019 by David P. Ayotte
THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR CHILDREN
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CHAPTER 2: MONDAY, OCTOBER 20th

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     “Imagine being tied inside a bur- 
lap sack, falling, and then sinking to 
the bottom of a river. You fight and   
struggle, but finally, you’re too tired
to fight any more, and your lungs are  
screaming for air.                     
     “You’ve got no choice but to take 
that final, fatal breath.              
     “Now, you might not appreciate    
being  saved, but this bunny sure does,
and I happen to agree with him,” he    
said; and as if on cue, the bunny      
twitched its nose, squirmed around     
until he was comfortable again and     
actually yawned, before going back     
to sleep.                              
     A commercial came on, and Beth    
turned the TV off.                     
     “Well, it looks like we’ve got    
someone on our side anyway,” she said, 
and then laughed, “besides the bunnies 
of course.”                            
     “I should go over and thank him   
for that. What time does he open up?”  
     “You ain’t going nowhere near that
place, hound dog, until Sunday. You    
know how the press is, and besides, our
job is here, getting ready for the Big 
Bunny Move.”                           
     That’s when we were scheduled to  
go over to Barry’s and pick up the     
sixth bunny.                           
     Until then, the other five stayed 
inside a fort, that we’d made out of   
pillows in the middle of our bed.      
     I pitched a tent near the fire-   
place, and that’s where we slept, like 
we were on some kind of weird, reverse 
camping trip. We even lit a fire, sang 
campfire songs and toasted             
marshmallows.                          
     It was fun, you know?             
     Anyway, since we decided to put   
the bunnies together with the piggies, 
that meant we didn’t have to build     
another pen.                           
     The one that was already out in   
the barn was twenty by forty inside,   
and the same size outside. To keep the 
hawks away, I covered that part with   
chicken wire.                          
     There was an opening in the wall  
to go in and out, and just on the other
side of that, we planted a big patch of
clover, just for the bunnies.          
     Did I say that’s what we decided, 
well, that’s wrong, because I didn’t   
have a thing to say about it. Beth’s   
the one who decided, and I couldn’t    
budge her an inch.                     
     I wasn’t sure that they’d get     
along and wanted to keep them separated
at first, but Beth laughed and told me,
“Don’t worry. They’ll be fine. You’ll  
see.”                                  



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