Getting lots of rabbits in our yard now. Was reminded of A. A. Milne: https://allpoetry.com/Market-Square

*Market Square*

> I had a penny,

> A bright new penny,

> I took my penny

> To the market square.

> I wanted a rabbit,

> A little brown rabbit,

> And I looked for a rabbit

> 'Most everywhere.

>

> For I went to the stall where they sold sweet lavender

> ("Only a penny for a bunch of lavender!").

> "Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't want lavender?"

> But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there.

>

> I had a penny,

> And I had another penny,

> I took my pennies

> To the market square.

> I did want a rabbit,

> A little baby rabbit,

> And I looked for rabbits

> 'Most everywhere.

>

> And I went to the stall where they sold fresh mackerel

> ("Now then! Tuppence for a fresh-caught mackerel!").

> "Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't like mackerel?"

> But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there.

>

> I found a sixpence,

> A little white sixpence.

> I took it in my hand

> To the market square.

> I was buying my rabbit

> I do like rabbits),

> And I looked for my rabbit

> 'Most everywhere.

>

> So I went to the stall where they sold fine saucepans

> ("Walk up, walk up, sixpence for a saucepan!").

> "Could I have a rabbit, 'cos we've got two saucepans?"

> But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there.

>

> I had nuffin',

> No, I hadn't got nuffin',

> So I didn't go down

> To the market square;

> But I walked on the common,

> The old-gold common…

> And I saw little rabbits

> 'Most everywhere!

>

> So I'm sorry for the people who sell fine saucepans,

> I'm sorry for the people who sell fresh mackerel,

> I'm sorry for the people who sell sweet lavender,

> 'Cos they haven't got a rabbit, not anywhere there!

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