Hide & Seek

I see you there in the rhubarb, Astrid! 

 Gotcha, Laars! Too, too obvious: a rat in the trash.

 But where's Bjorn? I've looked everywhere!

I guess he's the winner today.

I knew this would be perfect! Who'd look for a rat in the clean laundry?

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Egg Hunt redux

Alright rats, it's Easter, and it's time to see if the Easter Bunny hid any eggs in the yard.

Chocolate ones?

Gold ones?

Who knows!

 I found a black rock.

 I found a ball of merino yarn.

 There's a seashell in the forsytha.

 I found some ads...

Our basket is not exactly filling with chocolate.

Hey!

What do you have there, Chickie?

I have laid an egg at last! 

 Oh, my! That's a beauty!

Pure dark chocolate, with mini chocolate eggs inside.

I wonder what the rats will say when they realize that I said if the Easter Bunny left any eggs. I never said there actually were any...

Egg hunt

Well, guys, the lawn is mowed. All this yardwork is tiring! 

I'm hungry; let's have lunch.

How about omelettes? A nice, fluffy omelette sounds great. Fresh eggs, cheese, some ham in there...

 Hey! No eggs.

No eggs here, either!

We'll just have to steal some from the chicken.

Ooooh, omelettes for lunch with stolen eggs, even better.

There she is!

She's sitting on something!

Your eggs or your life, chickie!

Oh, my goodness! Help! thieves! Brigands!

What's this? A ball of yarn?

But of course it's a ball of yarn. Fine merino, in fact. You don't expect me to sit on an egg all day, do you? Seriously! Those things are hard as rocks. My poor tender bottom. Bruised black & blue! 

Not to mention if it cracks. Then you've got an awful mess in your nest, and this one is so perfectly situated under the cherry tree. I'd have to find a new spot near the apricot, and the view just isn't as good there. An egg. The idea! Goodness me, I switched to yarn ages ago. Socks are good too: folded socks. Or a stuffed animal. See? That's very comfy.

Hey! Cutitout! Get'eroffme!

I think there's peanut butter for sandwiches, Laars.

Yeah, let's go have sandwiches.

The dinnerbeast

 You go get us something to eat, Harold. I'm going to knit a shawl for my poor old auntie.

 Go get some fresh meat, she says. Yeah, sure. Always the same thing. Well, perhaps I'll find something.

 I sure hope Harold comes back soon with some tasty dinner for us!

There's something lively!

Er, look at those claws. And those sharp teeth. And that way of pouncing. Too scary for me.

Tum te tum te tum.

 AHA! A mountain of steak!

 En garde, dinnerbeast!

 Tum te tum te tum. Where's Harold? I'm coming over quite peckish.

 Arrr!!!

Arrr!!!

 Where is that boy?

 arrr...

arrr....

it's just too fluffy.

Hey Marguerite! It's dinnertime!

Finally!

 Ummm, what sort of bloody beast is this, Harold?

It's a potato.

A potato?

A potato.

I found it in the back of the fridge.

Well, it does look sort of beastly.

It fought valiantly, but I subdued it. Let's eat!

Maurice and Astrid in China

Hey, bunnyboy, what are we doing in this airport?

We're going on a trip! It'll be fun!

Yeah. Says the rabbit.

Is this it?

I guess. Let's find out.

Hey look! We're in China!

Well whaddya know.

Not only are we in China, but here in this park we're part of the zodiac statuary.

That's cool. Does that mean they won't try to put us on the chop suey and eat us for dinner?

They would never eat us for dinner. We're honored guests.

Lunchtime! Thank goodness, I'm starving.

What's in there?

Ummm, I'm not sure. I think it's pork. Or chicken. Or beef. Or something like that.

All of those are Chinese zodiac animals! Are you sure this honored guest thing is going to work?

Sure it is. We're polyester. Wok us and we'll melt.

Well, that's reassuring.

 Sam here is our guide, and he's going to take us up the world's longest cable car to the keyhole mountain.

 How far is it?

8 kilometers.

I can't see the town any more. It's lost in the smog!

 Here we are at the Special Fantabulous Keyhole Mountain. Only 990 steps to the top.

 Are you sure we have to go all the way up?

Of course we have to go up.

Why? What's up there?

The top. You can't come all this way, a third of the way around the world, up the longest ever cable car, and then not go to the top.

I can.

No, you can't.

We made it! I am a Zen Bun.