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    The Strange Story of Rockette Rabbit
    The Strange Story of Rockette Rabbit
    The Strange Story of Rockette Rabbit
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    The Strange Story of Rockette Rabbit

    By Ron Spotton

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    This story is suited to children 6 to 11 years of age. It tells about friendships and how much they can mean in life. Personal challenges we all face can be better dealt with when a friend listens, understands and helps. The characters are good friends, respect each other, often sad but mostly joyous, love solving problems together, are faithful to each other and explain how a famous myth was born and persists to this day. They weave their way through familiar adventures and show how their mutual devotion offers each strength, comfort and success.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRon Spotton
    Release dateApr 26, 2013
    ISBN9780991945108
    The Strange Story of Rockette Rabbit
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    Ron Spotton

    An associate within the print and graphics media for 35 yrs. Responsible for proofing and editing commercial production control and distribution.

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      The Strange Story of Rockette Rabbit - Ron Spotton

      The Strange Story

      of

      Rockette Rabbit

      Copyright © 2011 By Ron Spotton

      All rights reserved

      Published by R H Spotton at Smashwords, Inc.

      No part of this story may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without prior

      written approval except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews

      This story is fiction. The characters, locations, incidents, and dialogue are products

      of the authors’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to

      actual persons, living or dead is entirely coincidental.

      ISBN 978-0-9919451-0-8

      Cover layout by S. Browne

      ***

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only and it may not be resold or donated to anyone else. If you wish to share this ebook with another person, please buy an additional copy for each individual. If you are reading this ebook and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return it to Smashwords and purchase a copy for yourself. Thank you for respecting the rights and the work of this author.

      For Sarah Madison

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1 Growing up on the farm

      Chapter 2 A new family arrives

      Chapter 3 Ricket meets a stranger

      Chapter 4 Let’s be ‘partners’

      Chapter 5 Things that ‘Thump’ in the night

      Chapter 6 Let the Trials begin.......or else!

      Chapter 7 Our best trainer accepts a challenge

      Chapter 8 The Secret of Winning!

      Chapter 9 Oakland Ranch and The Race

      Chapter 10 What good is Luck if you have none?

      Chapter 11 A sad discovery with a happy ending

      Prologue

      The sun gradually settled behind the wide field of new beans and twilight had turned our distant woods into a deep mulberry silhouette of tree tops pasted all along the horizon of a pink sky. Our horses stood near, dusky, silent, their stout necks low and relaxed, patiently awaiting the cool breezes of the night.

      On the porch swing, my eleven year old granddaughter snuggled closer. Together we were enchanted by the slowly deepening shadows.

      Are the horses waiting for something, grandpa? asked Sarah.

      I was wondering the very same thing, little love. I replied Yes, I think they are waiting for Rockette.

      Sarah turned her face to me inquiringly with the gleam of curiosity bright in her eyes, Who is Rockette, grandpa? she asked.

      It’s been my habit over the years, whenever I wish to let my mind run free, to automatically reach into my pocket for my rabbit’s foot. It’s silky soft and it fills my palm reassuringly as I pondered the wonder of our good fortune. Sarah has seen the foot many times and often asked why I carry it. I usually respond, ‘Just for good luck!’ However, mellowed by the magical transformation of our twilight and her aroused curiosity, I felt now was a good time to tell her the strange story of Rockette....a very large rabbit who lived beside our farm years ago.

      Chapter 1 - Growing up on the farm.

      Do you remember when you were born? Rockette does! As a baby bunny she was the biggest of the litter, surrounded by eight other little fur balls all squirming and hunting for something to eat and a place to stay warm. Although she sensed unfamiliar objects, sounds and smells, there was one thing Rockette knew very well......her mother. A big warm musky bunny with deep soft fur, her mother made sure her little family was safe and clean and warm and fed. Rockette, who was more alert than her brothers and sisters, was quite aware of her little world right from that first day. Feeling secure and content, she soon became aware other things. The size of their den. The glow of the morning sun as it passed across the entrance blessing her with moment of radiant warmth. The sound of rain and the fresh smell of growing things nearby.

      Rockette’s home was under some

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