Once upon a time, in
a nice little forest, there lived an orphaned
bunny and an orphaned snake. By surprising coincidence both
were blind
from birth.
One day, the bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake was
slithering through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the snake
and fell down. This, of course, knocked the snake about quite a bit.
"Oh, my," said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry.
I didn't mean to
hurt you. I've been blind since birth, so, I can't see where I'm going.
In fact, since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I
am."
"It's quite okay," replied the snake. "Actually, my story
is much
the same as yours. I, too, have been blind since birth, and also
never
knew my mother. Tell you what, maybe I could kinda slither over you,
and figure out what you are, so at least you'll have that going for
you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful," replied the bunny. So the
snake
slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered with
soft fur; you have really long ears; your nose twitches; and you have a soft
cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny."
"Oh, thank you! Thank you," cried the bunny in
obvious excitement.
The bunny suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you with my paw,
and help you the same way you've helped me." So the bunny felt the
snake all over, and remarked, "Well, you're scaly and smooth, and you
have a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd say you must be a
politician, an attorney, or possibly someone in upper management."
