Rabbit’s Advantage over Fox and Wolf

ENG 101
Prof. Dowling
Lorita Zhen Chen
Essay 1 Fable
02/08/07

On a sunlit afternoon, the weather is very warm and comfortable in spring. A rabbit jumps out from her cave to enjoy the afternoon. The fresh and clean air lets her lose awareness that a crafty fox follows her. Unfortunately, the rabbit is caught.

The fox is very proud of himself and says: “I am so hungry. I will eat you for lunch.”

Rabbit shouts to stop him:” wait for a second! Can you give me a couple of days? I am doing my Doctoral dissertation which is almost done.”

“Ha-ha. What a stupid excuse. Tell me the topic of your dissertation.” The fox is curious but scoffs at her.

Rabbit responds carefully: “the topic is ‘Comparing rabbit’s advantage with fox and wolf’”.

“What? Funny, it is very funny. Ha-ha-ha,” fox laughs even harder, “Are you crazy? You are supposed to die right now!”

Fox’s scoff might be right. For some reason, everybody acknowledges that foxes and wolfs are always stronger than rabbits.

However, rabbit replies very calmly: “Mr. Fox, according to my research, the hypothesis is acceptable. If you do not believe me, please come into my cave, and I will show you the truth. If you still cannot be convinced after reading, you can eat me right away.”

Because fox is curious, he cannot find any error in rabbit’s words. He thinks he would not be at a disadvantage by knowing the truth, so he follows rabbit into the cave. Nonetheless, he does not come out anymore.

A couple of days later, rabbit jumps out from her cave to gather flowers. A wolf jumps out from a bush, where he successfully hides his body, preying on the rabbit rapidly.

“Wait!” rabbit shouts as she did last time with fox, “I know you want to eat me, but can you give me two days?”

“Do not say any excuse, my delicious appetizer!” Wolf seems not to want rabbit to explain something.

“Dear Mr. Wolf, these days, I am writing a dissertation, ‘to compare rabbit’s advantage with fox and wolf’, and it is almost done.” Rabbit looks at wolf’s face and continues, “If you allow me to finish my dissertation before eating me, I would appreciate you.”

Wolf laughs so hard that he shakes his body and lets go of rabbit’s head.

“Maybe your brain is filled with water, so I cannot eat you right now.” Wolf scoffs at rabbit as fox did.

No matter how wolf insults her, rabbit still invites wolf to read her dissertation and makes a deal with him that if wolf does not agree with her conclusion, he can prey on her immediately. Like fox, wolf follows rabbit into her cave but does not come out any longer.

A month passes. Rabbit invites her friends into her cave to celebrate her completion of her dissertation. An incredible view is displayed in front of her friends. Her cave is the typically messy bedroom of a graduate student; in the right corner, a heap of fox’s bones are piled; wolf’s bones are piled on the left side. Yet in the middle of the cave, a huge lion is licking his lips.

Finally, everyone understands what the content of rabbit’s dissertation is about.

The moral of this fable is:

1. In the world, there always are some people stronger and smarter than you, even though many people praise you as a smart person.

2. In the business field, no corporation can look down on small businesses. If those small businesses are supported by big companies, they possess capabilities and resources to compete with their adversaries.