Posted on January 3, 2025 by Abi Cushman
What happens when a bunny infiltrates a drawer full of insurance documents, mortgage papers, and sketchpads? Mayhem.
The Backstory
I have this drawer in my desk that I keep random important stuff in. It has my sketchbooks with story ideas (I am an author-illustrator of children’s books), and it also has insurance documents and mortgage papers.
And yes, I know it wasn’t great to just stuff all those random important papers in a drawer, but I did.
Well one day, I couldn’t find Otis. He is an adventurous bunny, so I looked under and behind bookcases and boxes for 20 minutes while calling his name. I didn’t really expect that calling his name would do anything, and I was correct.
Finally, I tried opening the drawer in my desk. I didn’t actually think he’d be in there because the drawer was closed. But lo and behold! There he was!
As it turns out, underneath the desk there is enough space between the back of the drawer and the front of the desk. It is perfectly-sized for a little bunny to hop into the drawer from the back.
Drawer Bunny
Well, after he kept going in the drawer, I decided it wasn’t actually so bad. It was a nice bunny-sized hideout.
So I emptied the drawer of important papers and just left papers that needed to be shredded: A win-win situation!
He gets a cozy hiding place, and I get a drawer bunny!
UPDATE: Watch a video of how Otis gets into the drawer.
Follow along with more Otis stories here.
About the Author
Abi Cushman is a veteran house rabbit owner and a contributing editor of My House Rabbit. She currently shares her home with one mischievous dwarf bunny named Otis.
When she”s not writing about bunnies for My House Rabbit, Abi writes and illustrates funny books for kids, including Soaked! (Viking) and Animals Go Vroom! (Viking). And yes, there are bunnies in them. Learn more at abicushman.com.
