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Last Night I Dreamed of Rabbits

3/28/2016

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When I retired a few years ago, after spending several weeks gradually clearing my office, after I gifted many professional books to colleagues, after I offered several bins of picture books to teachers for classroom libraries, after I placed materials that were looking for a new home in the faculty room, and after I made my final good-bye walk…I left with one cardboard carton of mementos. That box still sits in the corner of my office, and in it is a blue binder of poems I used throughout the years, mostly for students who needed help with fluency. I often started sessions with a poem that we read in different ways throughout the week, so it is not surprising that many of them stuck in my head.
 
I referenced one of those poems in yesterday’s slice, and today my waking thoughts were of another poem, Jack Prelutsky’s “Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens.” Except it was rabbits, not chickens, that had hopped into my dreams. You see, on CBS’ Sunday Morning yesterday, there was a segment about rabbits that totally fascinated me. I had no idea that there were over forty different types of rabbits and hundreds of breeders across the country. Not only that, rabbits are shown in competitions that are much like dog shows. Don’t get me wrong, having grown up in the shadow of the annual PA Farm Show, I am well aware that animals like pigs, cows, horses, and turkeys are often entered into competition, but I just never thought about rabbits having their own competitions or even that there are so many kinds.
 
In my dreams last night I was walking a rabbit on the trail instead of my dog, Cyrus. And what’s more, all of the animals walking on the trail were rabbits. Where were the dogs, I wonder? Hmmm…maybe there’s a picture book in there somewhere.

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lynne dorfman link
3/28/2016 09:41:33 am

Well, that was quite a dream! I think you just might have a picture book, Rosie! I loved the beginning of this piece...but then it reminded me of my office and all the sorting I have promised my husband that I will do this July before the shore!

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elsie
3/28/2016 11:53:48 am

I saw the same segment and was captivated by the interesting rabbits. Those angoras were incredible! Fortunately, I did not have rabbits hopping around my head in the night.

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Clare link
3/28/2016 01:06:51 pm

Crazy what our minds do to us! It could definitely be a picture book in the making!
Clare

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arjeha link
3/28/2016 02:32:15 pm

Love the poem. I used his poetry many times when I taught. Students loved them.

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Diane Dougherty link
3/28/2016 05:22:43 pm

Dreams are curious things and yours could definitely become a picture book. I can see the illustrations accompanying your dream walk!

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Amy link
3/30/2016 05:58:38 pm

How could I have missed this slice??? I'm that crazy rabbit lady that has rabbits as pets. I love them dearly. Maybe it's a sign that you need a pet rabbit. The SPCA always has them for adoption! :)

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essays uk link
10/5/2019 09:02:17 pm

One of the articles I've read on they internet says that when you get the chance to dream about rabbit, it means that something is hindering you from reaching your goals. She might be thinking what could be that factor that made rabbit as a negative sign on our dreams. That question was neither addressed too; that was just an explanation that I saw there. But the article could be wrong too! Perhaps, it all depends on our perspective in life!

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