Brave Bunny - An Inspirational Poem for Kids and Their Parents (UPDATED)

THERE ONCE WAS A VERY BRAVE BUNNY,

A VERY BRAVE BUNNY INDEED.

BUT IF YOU SAW HIM 

YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH ME.

YOU MIGHT THINK BRAVE BUNNY

LOOKED A LITTLE FUNNY

BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE OTHER BUNNIES,

ESPECIALLY THE BUNNIES IN HIS FAMILY.

FIFTY BROTHERS
AND SIXTY SISTERS

ONE HUNDRED AND TEN,

NOT COUNTING HIM,

AND COUSINS AND UNCLES AND AUNTS

AND HIS MOMMY AND DADDY AND GRANDPARENTS.

LIVING IN THE WARREN,
UNDERNEATH FARMER HARVEY'S GARDEN,

OTHERWISE KNOWN

AS THEIR BUNNY HOME.
YOU SEE,

THE REASON BRAVE BUNNY

MIGHT SEEM SO FUNNY

IS BECAUSE HE WAS SO TALL AND THIN,

NOT SMALL AND FURRY.

HIS WHOLE LIFE,
BRAVE BUNNY NEVER FELT
LIKE HE EVER FIT IN.

AND THAT'S WHY ALL THE OTHERS,
SOMETIMES EVEN HIS SISTERS AND BROTHERS,

MADE FUN OF HIM.

AND HE DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE WARREN
UNDERNEATH FARMER HARVEY'S GARDEN,

OTHERWISE KNOWN

AS THE BUNNY HOME,
BECAUSE IT WAS SO DARK AND CROWDED,
AND HE COULD NEVER BE ALONE.
BRAVE BUNNY LIKED TO BE 

OUTSIDE HOPPING IN THE SUN.
THAT'S WHERE HE HAD THE MOST FUN.
HE LOVED TO PLAY UNDER THE COTTONWOOD TREES
AND PRETEND TO BE
FLYING IN THE AIR OR SWIMMING UNDER THE SEA.
AND BRAVE BUNNY LOVED TO PLAY
IN FARMER HARVEY'S GARDEN
AND PRETEND HE WAS A PILOT,
OR SOMETIMES A FISH OR A GIANT.
IN FARMER HARVEY'S GARDEN,
THERE WERE OTHER THINGS TO EAT 
THAN CARROTS AND BEATS.
HE WAS SICK OF THEM,
THE CARROTS I MEANT,
BECAUSE THAT'S ALL HIS PARENTS FED HIM.
THEY SAID IT WAS TO MAKE HIS EYES BETTER,
BUT HE DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS TRUE
OR HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WEAR THESE SILLY GLASSES
THAT MADE HIS EYES LOOK BLUE,
AND WHAT OTHER BUNNY HAD BLUE EYES?
NONE THAT HE KNEW.
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON WHY HE WOULD  CRY
WHICH MADE HIS
FIFTY BROTHERS
AND SIXTY SISTERS,
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN,
NOT COUNTING HIM,
AND HIS COUSINS AND UNCLES AND AUNTS
AND HIS MOMMY AND HIS DADDY,
AND GRANDPARENTS,
TEASE HIM ALL THE TIME
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FIT IN,
AND HE DIDN'T LIKE THE WARREN,
UNDERNEATH FARMER HARVEY'S GARDEN,
OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THEIR BUNNY HOME.
BRAVE BUNNY LOVED FARMER HARVEY.
HE WASN'T LIKE THE OTHER FARMERS,
WHO CHASED HIM AWAY.
HE DIDN'T WANT THEIR SILLY CARROTS,
HE JUST WANTED TO PLAY
ALL DAY.
FARMER HARVEY HAD BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE,
AND IT HAD A ROOF MADE OUT OF TIN,
THAT SHINED IN THE SUN
LIKE A RARE DIAMOND,
AND WHEN IT RAINED,
IT SOUNDED LIKE A DRUM.

AND FARMER HARVEY WOULD JUST SMILE

IF BRAVE BUNNY STOPPED BY FOR A WHILE.
HE SAID BRAVE BUNNY REMINDED HIM
OF HIS OWN CHILDREN.
BUT FARMER HARVEY'S CHILDREN WERE ALL GROWN
AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS ALWAYS SO LONELY
AND ALONE
JUST LIKE BRAVE BUNNY FELT,
EVEN WITH ONE HUNDRED AND TEN,
NOT COUNTING HIM.
AND BRAVE BUNNY DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FUNNY.
IT WAS KIND OF SAD,
AND IT MADE HIM A LITTLE MAD
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT FARMER HARVEY
WAS TOO NICE TO BE LONELY.

FARMER HARVEY NEVER CHASED BRAVE BUNNY 

OUT OF HIS GARDEN,
AND SOMETIMES FARMER HARVEY WOULD EVEN SHARE
HIS ICE TEA WITH HIM,
AND ASK HIM TO SIT IN THE OLD WOODEN CHAIR
THAT WAS UNDER THE COTTONWOOD TREES
NEXT TO THE SHALLOW CREEK.
BRAVE BUNNY LOVED THE CREEK
BECAUSE IT HAD A LOT OF ROCKS,
AND THE WATER WOULD BUBBLE
WHEN IT STREAMED OVER THE ROCKS AND PEBBLES.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN IT WAS VERY VERY HOT,
FARMER HARVEY AND HIM WOULD HOP
INTO THE WATER
AND SPLASH AND PLAY
ALL DAY.
FARMER HARVEY WOULD TELL HIM ABOUT
JESUS, TOO,
HOW HE DIED ON THE CROSS
FOR ME AND FOR YOU.
'WOW!' BRAVE BUNNY THOUGHT,
THAT JESUS MUST REALLY LOVE HIM A LOT.
AND THE MORE FARMER HARVEY TOLD HIM ABOUT GOD,
AND HOW HE HAD MADE THE WORLD
IN ONLY SEVEN DAYS,
BRAVE BUNNY BECAME MORE AND MORE AMAZED.
FARMER HARVEY TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS OKAY IF HE CRIED,
BECAUSE JESUS HAD DIED
AND SAVED US FROM OUR SINS
SO WE COULD SPEND HEAVEN
WITH HIM.
BRAVE BUNNY LOVED TO HEAR THE STORIES
FARMER HARVEY WOULD READ FROM GOD'S WORD
THAT TOLD EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANT
TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD.
IN FACT, SOMETIMES BRAVE BUNNY WOULD PRETEND
THAT HE WAS DANIEL IN THE LIONS DEN.
BUT THAT SCARED HIM A LITTLE.
SO HE WOULD PRETEND HE WAS DAVID,
OR MAYBE EVEN SAMSON.
BRAVE BUNNY LOVED TO HEAR
HOW DAVID SLAIN THE GIANT GOLIATH,
WHO WAS NINE FEET TALL,
JUST WITH HIS LITTLE SLINGSHOT
AND A SMALL LITTLE PEBBLE.
AND HE LOVED TO HEAR ABOUT SAMSON,
WHO WAS SO STRONG
HE COULD PUSH DOWN WALLS.
OR FIGHT OFF ANYONE.

BRAVE BUNNY'S

FIFTY BROTHERS
AND SIXTY  SISTERS
AND COUSINS AND UNCLES AND AUNTS
AND HIS MOMMY AND DADDY AND GRANDPARENTS
THOUGHT HE WAS SILLY
FOR BELIEVING THE STORIES.
'THOSE AREN'T TRUE' THEY TOLD HIM.
BUT BRAVE BUNNY DIDN'T LISTEN TO THEM
BECAUSE HE HAD GIVEN HIS HEART
TO JESUS JUST THE OTHER DAY
WHEN HE WENT OUTSIDE TO PLAY.
THAT DAY WHILE HE WAS OUTSIDE,
FARMER HARVEY ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO PRAY.
AND WHEN BRAVE BUNNY DID,
HE FELT SO HAPPY INSIDE.
HE REALLY FELT LIKE HE WAS FLYING
HIGH
IN THE SKY.
THEN FARMER HARVEY TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO BE
BAPTIZED IN THE CREEK.
SO RIGHT THEN AND THERE,
THEY HOPPED INTO THE WATER,
AND FARMER HARVEY DUNKED BRAVE BUNNY'S HEAD UNDER.
AND WHEN HE CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER
BRAVE BUNNY'S HEART FELT SUNNY.
AND HE NO LONGER CARED
THAT THEY ALL CALLED HIM FUNNY.
BRAVE BUNNY KNEW IN HIS HEART
THAT GOD HAD MADE HIM DIFFERENT
FOR A REASON.
WE CAN'T ALL BE THE SAME, HE THOUGHT,
FOR HOW WOULD WE KNOW
WHO WAS WHO
OR REMEMBER ANYONE'S NAME?
SO NOW BRAVE BUNNY
DOESN'T CARE
IF THEY ALL STARE
AT THE FUNNY BUNNY
WITH THE GLASSES AND SHORT HAIR.
BECAUSE HE KNOWS JESUS LOVES HIM
JUST THE WAY HE IS.
AND HE KNOWS THERE WAS A REASON
WHY HE DIDN'T FIT IN
WITH HIS FIFTY BROTHERS
AND SIXTY SISTERS,
COUSINS AND UNCLES AND AUNTS
MOMMY AND DADDY
AND GRANDPARENTS.
GOD MADE BRAVE BUNNY THIS WAY
SO HE COULD PRAY
WHILE HE PLAYED
AND SO HE COULD TELL EVERYONE
ABOUT THE SACRIFICE GOD MADE FOR THEM.
ONE HUNDRED AND TEN,
NOT COUNTING HIM,
LIVING IN THE WARREN,
UNDERNEATH FARMER HARVEY'S GARDEN.
OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THEIR 
HAPPY
BUNNY
HOME.

THE END