The Cookie and Dandelion Story

Rabbit taught health lessons to Saahil

@seema

Saahil loved to go on neighborhood walks with his mother. One of his favorite places was a small dirt patch near their home, flanked by pyracantha and trumpetbush flowers. Beyond the pyracantha shrubs grew ground cover of acacia. Beneath that acacia, were little burrows where rabbits lived.

Saahil and his mother often stood there on the dirt patch. They smelled the acacia, admired the red pyracantha fruits and the yellow trumpetbush flowers. They looked at the hills covered with yellow mustard flowers. Above them, Turkey vultures soared in the blue sky.

One day Saahil was eating some cookies his father had bought. He saw am adorable rabbit below the acacia tree. Saahil broke the cookie and gave a piece to the rabbit. The rabbit quickly grabbed it and ran into its burrow.

The next day, during their walk, Saahil asked his mother to visit the rabbit again. He left another cookie near the burrow.

That night Saahil had a dream. In the dream, the rabbit spoke to him.

“Saahil, these cookies are made of sugar, fat, and preservatives. They are not good for you or for me. But your father has health insurance and can take you to a doctor, if you get sick. I have no money and no doctor.”