Snowshoe Hare Vs. Takin
In the early spring, placed on mountain tops, you can find a lonely snowshoe hare eating his plants. While doing so, his ears perk up and sense the heavy footsteps of a larger animal coming this way. The hare quickly bends his head down into the snow to bury his black-tipped ears. The rest of him blends well with the snow. The large animal comes into sight and it is now recognized as a takin. The takin walks slowly by without a glance towards the direction of the hare, he then stops at a nearby tree and begins to eat. The hare is now stuck in the snow where he must sit quietly.
The hare became impatient, he was sitting for too long and decided to chance it. He jumped up and out quickly, that way he wouldn’t sink in the snow with his large hind legs. The takin looks up from his food and sees the white fluff jumping across. He stands up and does this low ‘cough’ to warn other takins if they are nearby. He feels that it is unnecessary though due to how small the creature is.
He begins to follow the hare until they reach a large bush. The hare fits perfectly underneath and you can just barely see his white fur. The takin tries to nudge his way underneath but continuously gets stuck. His horns get tangled in the sticks, and his body is too big to move forward. He desperately looks at the fur of the hare wanting to move forward but must back out instead. He looks down at himself with slight failure as his split hooves sink in the snow.
The hare sits in the bush watching the takin get more and more frustrated. He just keeps walking in circles around the bush waiting for the hare to come out, or perhaps to try to get in again. During one of his circles, another takin comes out of the trees. They both take low ‘growls’ with one another and seemed to have come to an agreement on what to do. Each then laid on opposite sides of the bush and watched patiently.
Finally, when the sky turned dark the takins have fallen asleep and the hare noticed. He begins to take slow steps out of the bush just to take cautious measures. We begin to see the black tips of his ear poke out. Once the hare was certain, he jumped out of the bush and rushed away into further trees. The hare has managed to escape, leaving the takins to wake up staring at an empty bush.