Archibold was doing his best to understand what Aunt Mildred was proposing. He had never heard of a rodeo, let alone a rodeo with rabbits. Hortensia had explained how her Aunt had seen a television programme through the patio doors whilst watching over her favourite old lady human. Apparently humans have festivals where they win prizes if someone stays on the back of a cow as it jumps around a ring. Much as Archibold appreciated Aunt Mildred's grasp of current affairs, he couldn't quite see her plan working out realistically - let alone safely - with gnomes and rabbits.
'So very risky' he proclaimed to Hortensia 'and how do we persuade the rabbits to agree?' Hortensia had to confess that her Aunt had already agreed a fee of carrots and camomile (she knew that the camomile was a sneaky way of relaxing the rabbits so that they wouldn't get too excited), she was thinking adding in parsley as an extra treat. 'We can make harnesses from my softest wool so that the rabbits don't feel constricted and then we can all hang on safely and it will be so much more fun!' For you see Hortensia was caught up in Aunt Mildred's enthusiasm and was almost wild with excitement. Archibold could see that resistance was futile and he would have to go along with their plans. Personally he was planning on concentrating his energies on winning the biggest and smelliest truffle competition.
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