That's just up her alley. She's always loved doing that sort of thing and has, since she was a small child, begged to have access to hammers, nails, and spare wood. When she was small the prospect frightened me. Now that she's older, the prospect still frightens me, simply because she's bigger and stronger now and capable of making a much larger mess and using more dangerous tools than she did when she was small. Plus, we have a lot more spare wood in our yard than we did back then. She could, if she put her mind to it, build a whole house back there.
Which is what she's doing today. Except it's a house for her bunny.
We talked about the strongest shape in architecture and found out it's a triangle. So she's building a triangular pyramid of sticks with grapevine thatch.
The bunny seems to like it--eating it, that is.
Bunnies like to chew, in case you didn't already know that. Her bunny house will end up being more a chew toy than a form of shelter, so she's being sure to build it with woods that won't poison him. Did you know that cherry bark is toxic?
As it turns out, rabbits LOVE grape leaves. Thumper, here, is no exception. But then, Thumper loves anything that's remotely edible.
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