The Bunny at the Bus Stop

Everyone at the bus stop thought the backpack was moving because of the wind.

Then it jumped. A group of commuters froze as a small white bunny poked its nose out of

an abandoned backpack on the bench. Cars rushed past. Buses hissed to a stop.

The bunny trembled every time the traffic roared. The backpack was soaked from overnight

rain, and the bunny was tangled in headphone wires inside. Whenever someone

reached toward it, the bunny panicked and kicked, tightening the knots. A teenage girl quietly

sat on the ground, pulled out a carrot from her lunchbox, and rolled it across the pavement.

The bunny sniffed. Slowly… carefully… it crawled out of the bag, still tangled.