[Art] Rabbit Girl - including story
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moonvoiceOn the edge of a poor village, bordering the forest, lived an old man and his spoilt daughter. The daughter only ever ate one thing; rabbits. She begged her father for rabbits all the time, and refused to eat anything else.
Rabbit Girl
38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Original for sale
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, acrylic and pigment.
The rabbits - understandably - got sick of this. They met together one night in the forest, and complained that this spoilt girl should only choose to eat them out of all the animals. The Rabbit King decided it was better they all find a new home. The rabbits, all together under the night sky, ran from their homes.
The next day, the father had poor luck hunting for rabbits. And the day after that. And the day after that. In despair, he gave to his daughter the finest meats, but she threw them all away. The daughter herself decided to take things into her own hands. She decided to visit a witch, to see if she could do anything.
The first witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use. The daughter followed all the instructions, but it didn't work. The second witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use, and still it didn't work. Finally, in a village far from her own, she found a witch who was neither good or evil, who listened to her lament with narrowed eyes.
'Tell me exactly what you want.' The witch said. And the girl closed her eyes and then in a rush said;
'I want as many rabbits as can fit inside me, and then some.'
The witch smiled a lopsided smile, gave her an amulet with strict instructions on its use, and sent her away.
The daughter followed the instructions, and felt the earth rumble beneath her feet in the field where she had used the amulet. And then rabbits poured from the earth. They ate their way through her feet, burrowed and kicked up her legs and into her belly. They poured from her eyes, and tails sprouted from her head, long rabbit ears from her fingers.
And when they were done, they spilled away, cavorting in the night. Behind them, they left the shaken and terrified daughter in the form of a young rabbit.
Distraught, she hopped all the way home, hiding from foxes and hunters and their dogs. Until finally she scratched upon her father's door. When her father opened the door and saw the rabbit waiting there, he couldn't believe his luck, and wrung its neck; a special treat for when his daughter returned.
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You might think the moral of the story is; be careful what you wish for, or it doesn't pay to be greedy... but really, the moral of the story is don't mess with the fucking rabbits, because they'll mess you back.
Rabbit Girl
38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Original for sale
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, acrylic and pigment.
The rabbits - understandably - got sick of this. They met together one night in the forest, and complained that this spoilt girl should only choose to eat them out of all the animals. The Rabbit King decided it was better they all find a new home. The rabbits, all together under the night sky, ran from their homes.
The next day, the father had poor luck hunting for rabbits. And the day after that. And the day after that. In despair, he gave to his daughter the finest meats, but she threw them all away. The daughter herself decided to take things into her own hands. She decided to visit a witch, to see if she could do anything.
The first witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use. The daughter followed all the instructions, but it didn't work. The second witch gave her an amulet, with strict instructions on its use, and still it didn't work. Finally, in a village far from her own, she found a witch who was neither good or evil, who listened to her lament with narrowed eyes.
'Tell me exactly what you want.' The witch said. And the girl closed her eyes and then in a rush said;
'I want as many rabbits as can fit inside me, and then some.'
The witch smiled a lopsided smile, gave her an amulet with strict instructions on its use, and sent her away.
The daughter followed the instructions, and felt the earth rumble beneath her feet in the field where she had used the amulet. And then rabbits poured from the earth. They ate their way through her feet, burrowed and kicked up her legs and into her belly. They poured from her eyes, and tails sprouted from her head, long rabbit ears from her fingers.
And when they were done, they spilled away, cavorting in the night. Behind them, they left the shaken and terrified daughter in the form of a young rabbit.
Distraught, she hopped all the way home, hiding from foxes and hunters and their dogs. Until finally she scratched upon her father's door. When her father opened the door and saw the rabbit waiting there, he couldn't believe his luck, and wrung its neck; a special treat for when his daughter returned.
*
You might think the moral of the story is; be careful what you wish for, or it doesn't pay to be greedy... but really, the moral of the story is don't mess with the fucking rabbits, because they'll mess you back.
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Date: 2009-10-17 10:29 am (UTC)