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The Dance   

Amazement and amusement will result when your rabbit first chooses to dance for you.  The rabbit dance is a leaping, spinning, twisting, elevated dance of pure joy.  It is a celebration of life which is rivaled only by dolphins cavorting in the wake of a passing ship.

While each dancer has differing levels of skill and style there are some similar components:

  • The leap.  This move requires the bun to leap high enough to remove all feet from the ground.  I have seen one bun clear three feet in one leap.
  • The spin. Here the bun utilizes their momentum to spin anywhere from 180 to 360 degrees.  This is not to be confused with the roll.
  • The roll.  A head over heels maneuver on the floor.  Similar to a child's somersault, this move is often used to startle sleeping cats or people.
  • The kick. Here the back legs are kicked out to the side.  A punctuation to the leap.
  • The flop.  A move used to conclude many routines.  The bun relaxes and splays across the floor.  

Those humans who are lucky enough to witness a bun dance know the power of this exhibition of grace.  I often feel that the buns laugh at our inability to move our lumbering bodies with their ease and skill.

Some bun-ologists call the dance the "binky."  Most buns are offended at the demeaning connotation of this label.

 

 

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