Once upon a time, way up north in Jackson where the trees grow straight and tall and the streams run clean and clear, there lived a little animal who had white and grey fur and long, floppy ears that twitched when he was happy. His name was Wacker Rabbit.
Wacker was a very happy little rabbit and he had many friends in the forest. Most every day, after he had finished his chores, he went to visit his friends, but he always returned home in time for dinner to be with his mother and father and all his brothers and sisters. They all lived happily together in a big hole at the bottom of a large oak tree, which was snug and dry all winter.
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