Thursday, October 07, 2004

the rabbit with the tutu

Whilst a friend and i were sitting on the second floor and mulling over our expensive cafe drinks, i a 600 yen caramel frappacino and she a 480 yen orange juice, we watched as an old man beckoned to a rabbit dressed in a tutu in the street below. The rabbit was hunched down beneath the pillar of a store building, and the old man gestured to her with his hands and spoke words to her, making sure to peer around in all directions to check for people walking by. When they did happen to pass, he turned around and gazed up into the air, flailing his arms yet ignoring the rabbit, smoking his cigarette. When they were out of sight again, he fell back to speaking to the rabbit and making it quite apparent how discouraging the process was becoming. After much deliberation, just about 10 minutes worth, he finally bent over and scooped it up expertly, then gave it a swift bop on the head and scolded it verbally. He then proceeded off down the road, stopping only to swear at a van that rolled by him, his face full of tired anger.
I decided that i must find this man and befriend him, because no one could ever amuse me more.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I really don't appreciate being made fun of like this. Did you think that I don't read your blog?

--The old man who was beckoning to a rabbit in a tutu

October 6, 2004 at 6:02 PM  
Blogger mdove said...

I must apologize for my rendering of you, sir. It was massively underexaggerated.

October 7, 2004 at 3:10 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Growing ever more confused, I must comment on this one.. I have too many questions that I'm afraid no one save that old man could possibly answer - why was the rabbit in a tutu, how did it get the tutu on, where would one procure rabbit-sized tutus, why didn't the old man just scoop it up to begin with.. there are hundreds upon hundreds more that have arisen just by my reading of this one entry. On another note, you should most definitely befriend this man.. he could be the ringleader of the Flying Rabbit Circus of Tokushima for all you know.

October 7, 2004 at 9:55 AM  
Blogger mdove said...

if you are right, i would be most grateful. i have been searching for this illustrious ringleader since i got here. it was my sole reason for coming to this forsaken island.

October 10, 2004 at 8:22 AM  

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