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Hamsters and Rabbits
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David was away from home and looked forward to the letters
from his dad. There were usually interesting family tidbits, with a
little bit of dad wisdom. As he started to read the latest one, he
smiled.
“As you know, we got three rabbits for Easter. The guy who
gave them to us said there were two females and a male. We decided
we should get rid of the male before the same thing happened that
happened with the hamsters.”
David smiled at the thought of the hamsters. He and his
brother had each gotten one from a lady who needed to get rid of
them. David’s hamster was a female, and his brother’s was a male.
David’s mother was not too excited about the new gifts. She
felt hamsters were nothing more than fluffy mice. But David thought
they were cute. In fact, he considered that it would be fun to have a
whole bunch of them. The dollar signs whirred in his mind as he
considered selling them and making a fortune, forgetting he got his
for free because the person couldn’t get rid of them.
He read all about hamsters. If he worked it out right, he
could own around seven baby hamsters in around twenty-one days.
He sneaked his hamster in with his brother’s a few times, and sure
enough, less than a month later, there were baby hamsters in the
bottom of the cage.
David’s mother was not happy. It wasn’t hard for her to
figure out what had happened. And, as the hamsters got bigger, it
was almost impossible to keep the males and females separated.
Soon, there were so many hamsters that David’s mother claimed
their house was being overrun with “hairy mice” that they couldn’t
give away.
David went back to reading his dad’s letter.
“We decided we should give away the male rabbit, so I called
Walt about it. Do you remember him? He is the guy that lives just
down the road and raises lots of rabbits. He was happy to take the
male.
“We took the rabbit down there and thought all was well. But
about a month later, one of the females had babies. I couldn’t

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