The Late Heavy

The Rabbit Girl and the Swamp Princess

Once upon a time, a young girl lived near the edge of the woods with her family raising rabbits. The forest was dark and evil, her father told her, and she was forbidden from wandering there. “Only wicked things live in the woods,” he would say. “Witches, monsters, and freaks make their home there. Beware!” But the only things she would see there were squirrels, birds, and the occasional hawk which she’d have to keep an eye on, for it liked rabbits. For her, the forest was peaceful and full of surprises, the perfect place to daydream, which she would do often.