Carrots

by E. Alan Meece
UU Band of Writers
Band of Writers Essays by Eric Meece
prompt: carrots
August 2, 2020


Ehh? What's up doc?

Quit bugging me, Bugs, said Elmer Fudd. Don't you know what day it is?

Ehh, what day is that?

It's eat wabbit day, said Elmer.

I don't like that day, said Bugs. Don't you think carrots are more delicious, and more nutritious? After all, as Eric said, eating vegetables is more nutritious and a more efficient use of land than eating animals. Who decided that this was eat rabbit day, anyway?

I did, you waskally wabbit!

But you are no authority on what day it is, said Bugs. Who died and made YOU king of the farm?

My Dad did, said Elmer. He ate wabbits every day. I never saw him eat a carrot in his whole life. They are even the wrong color! Only oranges are supposed to be orange.

Ahh, doc, I'm a bit prejudiced against eating rabbits. Maybe you can make an exception for rabbits who talk, and are TV stars. After all, Republicans get people elected president just because they are TV stars. I am much more entertaining than a carrot! Stand up for ecology and good land use. Here Elmer, put your gun down and I'll give you a piece of my carrot.

OK, quit bugging me, Bugs. I'll eat your careful carrot.

So Elmer put his gun down and ate carrots ever after. Humans and rabbits can be friends after all. Elmer didn't keep Bugs as his pet though. And Bugs hired Elmer for his carrot cartoons.


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Elmer agrees not to eat the wabbit

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