Bye Bye, Bunny

On the way home from work the other day I helped a rabbit commit suicide by car. I was tooling down the highway when I saw a rabbit on the shoulder on the other side of the road. It hopped onto the highway, but there were some cars coming it's way. I remember thinking it had better hurry up and hop back off the highway before those other cars flattened it. That was when it decided to make a mad dash across both lanes.

Didn't make it.

I heard a thump but didn't feel anything. After all, it's not like I hit a moose or anything. I looked in the rear-view mirror and saw it spinning around in circles on the shoulder. The next day it was still laying there on the shoulder, resting it's eyes.

That makes one rabbit, one squirrel, one raccoon, and one dog that I've run over, although really only the rabbit and squirrel count. The raccoon was already laying on the blacktop twitching from getting hit by whoever was in front of me, I just put him out of his misery. At least I hope I did, I didn't stop and check. The dog was already dead, I just flipped him over.

The rabbit and the squirrel, on the other hand, ran out in front of me and no way am I going to swerve or slam on the brakes for chump change like that. I don't even know if I'd do it for a dog or cat, either. I'd like to think I would, but really, I don't know. It's dangerous to swerve around, especially on the highway. It would depend on how big the animal was, whether there was oncoming traffic, how fast I was going, etc. If it's a German Shepherd, maybe. If it's a little poodle or something, say bye bye to Puffynuts.

Oh, wait, I think I hit a couple of birds, but those don't count. They were just little birds. Sparrows or robins. I don't even remember. Hitting them made me feel so bad I blocked what kinds they were. Now if I'd hit a turkey or an owl, that I remember. That would count.