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Skin and Hide
Published Dec 12, 2022
Updated Dec 12, 2022
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Published Dec 12, 2022
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Translator: Austin Wagner
Excerpt from my novel Irha és bőr (Skin and Hide), 2019.
Story of a Firstborn Rabbit
The dwarf rabbit’s name was Strawberry. He was a birthday gift, and the little girl’s parents allowed him to sleep with her in bed. He would sit in her lap nibbling on kohlrabi while she did her homework, and when she hopped on her bike, the bunny would snuffle about in the plastic basket fixed to the handlebars, rubbery nose twitching.
He was taken by the first creation wave. He’d been behaving strangely that morning, scrabbling at the carpet like he wanted to burrow into it, then sprinting round in circles, nails clattering over the wood floor, until he slammed head-first into the dresser. The little girl tried to quiet him down, but Strawberry fled from her,
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