The Christmas Bunny Page #2

Tis the season?

- Hey!

- Ha, ha, duck, you sucker!

- No fair, I'm on your side!

- I got the new Mario Kart!

No way!

Welcome, welcome,

welcome to our little cabin in the woods.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

- Merry Christmas.

- Hi, Scott.

Chip...

- Wow.

- Yeah, it's something, isn't it?

I'm sorry it's such a mess,

we're still unpacking.

Right...

And is this the magical Julia?

Rebecca, say hi to Julia.

She's still a little shy.

There they are... Merry Christmas,

- Merry Christmas.

- Where's Dad?

I think he ended up in the solarium.

- The what?

- Hi.

Okay, guys, enough.

Now Bill, no.. come on.

- Everyone?

- Chip, do you want to...?

You go ahead, sis, it's all yours.

Lord, we thank You for Your bounty

and Your abundant blessings.

We're grateful to be in your service

and we ask You to help us

welcome our friend Julia into ourliives.

- Amen.

- Amen.

Alright, pass the potatoes,

I'm going to start right on the potatoes...

I do have cookies here

if anyone needs a snack...

And now for the moment

you've all been waiting for...

- Yeah!

- Presents!

Chip, Christmas morning isn't

until tomorrow.

Yes, but our plane leaves at 7 AM

and Santa here will not be denied.

No I will not.

- Mom?

- Imagine!

Flying to Mexico on Christmas Day!

still seems odd to me.

- Pop, I think that ones for you.

- Thank you.

- No way!

- Yeah, guns!

- Guns?

- BB guns.

It's okay. We talked.

I think they're old enough.

Oop, you know what?

I think there's one other present

over here for you too, young lady.

Oh, did you hear that, Julia,

there's a present for you too.

Come on, Julia.

Don't you want to open it?

Here...

oh... my... goodness...

- Can you believe this, Julia?

- Chip...

- it's amazing, where on earth did you find it?

- What are you doing?

If she doesn't like it, just exchange it.

Come on, what did that cost,

two hundred, three hundred dollars?

I can't compete with that.

Scott, it's Christmas,

no one's competing with anyone.

We just wanted to welcome her to the family.

Yeah, and what am

I supposed to get her now, huh, a pony?

Her own car?...

Look, Julia, isn't she beautifui?

Come here.

Come on!

Look at her!

And look at her hair,

it's just like the real thing.

Come on, touch it.

It's okay.

Julia!

Julia!

Julia! Julia, stop!

Julia.

Come on.

It's okay...

What? You're not leaving already?

No, she just... wanted to put her things on.

Why? Is she cold?

I think she's just more comfortable like that.

Do you need any help in there?

Oh, no, no, it's alright,

I'm used to doing them by myself.

Been doing it for forty years.

Look, I'm sorry I lost it in there.

I appreciate you thinking of her.

No sweat, bro.

Hey, how's the job thing going?

Could be better.

Steelcase is laying off

another fifty people.

I thought they just did.

Second time in a month.

- Wow.

- Yeah. It's bad.

You know, ah... my offer still stands.

Chip... look, I, ah, I appreciate it, okay.

But... I'm an engineer.

You know, I don't know

the first thing about mortgages.

You don't have to.

- We give you a list.

- Chip...

people who are behind on their payments.

You ask them like three questions.

When they find out they can refinance at like,

forty percent less than what they're paying now,

they fall all over themselves just to sign up.

Look.

You need a gig.

- You're clearly stressed, Patti is stressed...

- I can take care of my own family, Chip.

Really? How?

By taking in other people's mixed-up kids?

You know what?

Just stay out of it, okay?

Just leave us alone.

Daddy! Uncle Scott!

Come quick!

Johnny and Billy shot the Easter Bunny!

Oh, good grief, what now...

Daddy! Come on!

Honey, what is it?

Johnny and Billy shot a bunny!

- Oh, no...

- What's going on, Billy?

Dad. I think you better come.

Then we got tired of

shooting paper cups and,

and Johnny said he knew

where some squirrels were

and then we came back here

and then we didn't find any,

then we saw it and...

It's not going to die, is it?

Is it going to be okay?

I don't, ah, I don't know.

I don't, I don't think it's too bad,

I just think it's in shock.

I don't want the Easter Bunny to die...

Oh, oh honey, it's not going to die.

Daddy and Uncle Scott

are going to take good care of it. Okay?

Okay...

Come on, let's go in the house.

Chip, ah, have you got a box,

ah, of some kind,

maybe some old toweis or something,

- I don't think we should handle it too much.

- Yeah, you got it.

Yeah...

I want you two back in the house.

Take the guns with you.

Put them back in the boxes

and put the boxes in Uncle Chip's office.

And wait for me.

- Now.

- Okay, Uncle Scott.

Yes, sir...

- The poor thing.

- It's probably somebody's lost pet.

We don't have wild rabbits

like this in Michigan.

Should I call a vet?

Well, I don't know, it's Christmas Eve.

You could, ah, you could try.

Okay.

Scott, I catted Candy Reintges

and she wants to know

if we could drive All the way to Lansing.

Yeah, just a sec, I'll be right there.

Can you stay with it, Julia?

alright, don't touch it, okay,

just stay beside it, can you do that?

Okay.

You came back.

- Just have him call us as soon as he can.

- Later...

Are you sure you guys

are okay taking care of this?

Yeah, it's not a problem,

just, you know, enjoy your vacation.

We'll put a notice up at the market

on the way to the airport.

I'm sure somebody'll claim it.

That can only be good, right?

- Hey, Dad?

- Yeah?

When do you think

we can get the BB guns back?

I don't know, Bill.

When do you think you should get them back?

Like, when we're, like, twenty?

That sounds about right...

Kay, kids, go put your pajamas on,

Dad's going to build a fire and

we'll read Christmas stories before bed.

Hey, ah, Mom, can we watch

The Nightmare Before Christmas?

No, we cannot. We are going to read.

Honey, please go put your pajamas on

and then you can sit with the bunny, okay?

Julia.

Please, go your pajamas on.

Julia.

What do I do?

Julia, if you want to be with the bunny,

you've gotta get your pajamas on.

Otherwise I'm going to put it in our room.

Do you understand?

Thank you.

I'll get the wood.

...it was always said of him,

that he knew how to keep Christmas well,

if any man Alive possessed the knowledge.

May that be truly said of us,

and all of us!

And so, as Tiny Tim observed,

God Bless Us, Every one!

- Okay?

- Okay.

Come on, William, bedtime.

Santa here yet?

He's on the roof.

He's waiting for you to go to bed.

Okay...

Good night, kiddo.

That's your cell phone.

Hello?...

Doctor, thank you so much for catting...

Yes, yes, we found him in the woods.

Well, we think it's leg might be broken...

Yes... No, no, we'll be there...

- 10 A.M.

- Okay, okay...

Merry Christmas to you, too.

Okay. Bye.

I didn't get to open one present!

They'll all be there when we get back.

Hey. I wanna see.

- You know, you don't share very well.

- Billy...

Well, she doesn't.

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