koko's travels

kiko : remember the morning you bolted through the hole in the fence right onto the road?

koko : that was such an achievement..

kiko : freedom for ten minutes?

koko : i couldn't help laughing seeing her run after me like that. she could really run man!

kiko : lucky for you there were no cars on the road then

koko : no cats too hehe

kiko : you afraid of cats?

koko : cats? afraid of those fish eaters?

kiko : you talk big eh koko? do you know they are distant cousins to the big bad tigers?

koko : nah just kidding. if i see one, i'd make friends with him hehe ..should be fun to ride on the back of one...

bunny couture

koko : what happened to your beret and coat kiko?
kiko : glad those silly things are not around anymore. i was sweating like anything in those when they made me pose on that little table
koko : haha... you look like the proper french marmot in that checked beret and coat
kiko : yeah...and you look like boy george in that gaudy sleeveless sundress she bought across the border hehehe
koko : they must have thought i was female
kiko : they thought i was female and you were male...they even called me 'chloe' haha
koko : we must be extra patient with these humans kiko
kiko : just you watch, one of these days she might buy us shoes or better still stilettoes hahaha
koko : i heard she wanted to make some pillows for us
kiko : i could do with those..... (stretching himself luxuriously...)
koko : ( i wouldn't mind a little back-pack myself.....so i can stuff food for my travels...)
kiko : what's that cheeky smile for koko?

going global

kiko : do you know that she is designing a double storey bungalow to be built in one of those former soviet states?
koko : now how do you know that? and why am i not in the know too?
kiko : ah, the art of answering with questions... thou art so polished yet street smart these days koko (though by chance only hehe...)
koko : she's going global eh? (sounds soooo cliche...)
kiko : yeah... and high time too. though the fees remain regional haha... so typical of her.
koko : if she goes on like this i will never get to see the likes of disneyland and the mona lisa at the louvre!
kiko : she has no business acumen, the poor thing. by the way, i prefer monet's ophelia any day. but i.m. pei's glass pyramid at the louvre is kinda cool!
koko : now i am beginning to warm up to the idea of stowing away in her eldest's hand luggage when she goes on her european frolic . and that girl is going to the lake district too...
kiko : ok, buy me a kilt in edinburgh. hey koko, wouldn't you like to see dear nessie too?
koko : laugh all you want kiko. one day i will go to those faraway places....hmmmm....(must get a pair of shoes first...) hey kiko wonder if leather loafers go cheap in milan?
kiko : yawns... (koko is such a dreamer... must be the galangal leaves that he loves so much...too heaty....)

eating sunflower seeds with kiko n koko

kiko : ah gourmet food again koko (thinking of vincent van gogh...)
koko : why do sunflower seeds taste so good? especially when eating from her hand...
kiko :  i wonder if other bunnies eat out of human's hands too... or is what we are doing wrong?
koko : she's also eating the snack
kiko : these days she eats what we eat koko. cabagges, carrots.
koko : does she eat pellets too?
kiko : don't think so, cos we always finish the green and orange pellets too fast.
koko : and would you mind telling me why you only eat the orange ones?
kiko : errr....for medical reasons actually...
koko : ( nonsence... kiko, kiko....)
kiko : hehehe...
koko : and what's with tipping the plate over each time your tiny tummy is full even though there are some pellets left in the plate? 
kiko : hmmm... that's just my style...
koko : ( bad temper or eccentricity more likely....)

kiko's memories

kiko : koko, can you remember those days we spent in cages?
koko : err.... a little. (i don't like to think of those days.)
kiko : there was a white haired man who gave us water spinach. he talked quite a lot, but in a different language.
koko : yeah, these humans speak in a number of languages. funny. and they are loud too. unlike us.
kiko : we hardly make a sound. but humans do not have sharp ears like us so they have to shout to each other. how inconvenient. and barbaric.
koko : yeah. they seem to produce louder sounds over time. what kind of evolution is that?
kiko : do you realise she speaks as if singing a lullaby to us? that's why i often close my eyes when she's talking to us. she makes me sleepy...hehehe
koko : yeah these funny humans...

toys for the rabbits

koko : i wish she;d stop buying lorries for us and get us i-pads instead.
kiko : wishful thinking
koko : or a tv set.i  would love to watch mr. popper's penguins, stuart little, ice age, wall-e, enemy of the state or pride and prejudice.
kiko : wow what a taste. you sure you can manage jane austen?
koko : ah monsieur, you judge me too harshly. though i look like blackest africa, i care deeply for those english classics. give me thomas hardy anytime.
kiko : dream on koko... i heard her eldest is going to gay paree next week. london, edinburgh and milan too. why don't you hide in her suitcase...hmmm the stow-away rabbit...
koko : nah... can't stand the jet lag
kiko : what jet lag. you couldn't even stand going across the north channel by the bridge.
koko : yeah, that was a great expanse of water. and then to get a jab at the end of it. does travelling always end with getting jabs?
kiko : not really. only when we have fungus on our ears.
koko : do you think the fungus came from the dried keledang leaves that taste so much like ambrosia?
kiko : maybe. cos you can't always have your cake and eat it too...
koko : cake? what cake? where?

lavender

koko : what;s this funny smell? it's coming from the floor.
kiko : kind of strong isn't it? i saw her splashing some purple fluid onto the floor before cleaning it.
koko : and that's why you were sniffing about and then jumped into the cage?
kiko : yep.
koko : and you didn't bother to tell me? ( when i do climb up the stairs to whatever's on top and then i come down again, i won't be telling kiko what i saw up there...hehe...)
kiko : yeah sorry, i clean forgot. anyway what was that faraway look in your gleaming eyes for?
koko : what?
kiko : a second ago you had a weird look in your eyes... thinking of going on adventures again? you are not related to that christopher columbus are you? couldn't be cos  he's much fairer anyway...
koko : haven't you heard that black is most beautiful? black is elegant.....sophistication....
kiko : yeah...yeah....is that a bubble elevator koko?
koko : where....?
kiko : hahaha....

kiko's musings...

kiko : looks like a rather quiet weekend. the giants are not here.
koko : yes, i especially am scared to bits of the giggling female giant. did you see how fast i made it into the cage when i heard her giggle at the main door?
kiko : why does she scare you so koko? she looks a good sort.
koko : too good, that's the problem. you are too naive kiko, must be your genes and upbringing. you must always read between the lines. laughs are more often than not hideous masks.... traps....
kiko ; nonsense koko. those giants must be related to her as they are here most weekends. she laughs too but how come you are not afraid of her?
koko : initially i was afraid of her too, don't you remember? then over the months i have come to be more relaxed in her company. anyway she's gentle with us, even coos our names. who in this wide world can resist such ways? you especially i see are sooooo docile with her, even to the extent of kissing her toes....ha ha ha....
kiko : i was just bottling up her scent. anyway i saw you snuggling against her feet yesterday...
now what was that about, pray tell me...
koko jumped up onto the roof of the cage and sniggered sheepishly...   

rabbit tails ...... or tales

kiko  :   my dear koko have you seen the spread that she has prepared for us?
koko :   ouch....the buffet, yum yum...there are carrots, cabbages, water spinach, water chestnut...and 2 types of pellets...let's finish them..
kiko : koko....haven't you learnt anything besides how to accommodate more and more food in your tummy?
koko :  err.... and what am i supposed to have learned?
kiki : if you still haven't realised, lots of food for us just means one thing. that she'd be away for the day, and perhaps for the nite too...
koko : hmmm... why is she doing so much travelling these days? ( i thought i am the one with the wanderlust...just have to see what's up the flight of stairs, but then how do i come down...head first or tail? must figure that out..no use asking kiko cos he's just not savvy enough to know....)
kiko : that's for us to find out. shopping? nah....she only shops for our foodstuff. now. come on, think koko...use your grey matter too, not your mouth only...
koko : she's just bought 2 more lorries for us to play with. now  let me see.... errr....i believe she goes to the park and the library quite regularly.
kiko : but those places are just nearby, she spends only a few hours there.
koko : must be all those travel documentaries that she loves watching. do you think she goes sightseeing all over the country? (if she does, i'd surely love to tag along...but mustn't tell kiko this, he wouldn.t understand...kiko is soooo provincial...)
kiko : i saw her with quite a number of books just now. do you think she is pursuing her long forgotten dreams....to do her postgraduate studies? i do hope she looks deeply into the mirror cos she no longer is dewy and in the bloom of youth. she is way past that surely...
koko : what has age got to do with books? ( for all his hillbilly ways kiko sometimes astounds me with his contemporary ideas...postgraduate studies indeed....)
kiko : well..., ah, never mind koko...(smiles......)