The rabbit and the snake
Once upon a time,
in a nice little forest, there lived an orphaned bunny and an orphaned
snake. A surprising coincidence was that both were blind from birth. One
day, the bunny was hopping through the forest, and the snake was
slithering through the forest, when the bunny tripped over the snake and
fell down. This, of course, knocked the snake about quite a bit. "Oh, my,"
said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. I've been
blind since birth; so, I can't see where I'm going. In fact, since I'm
also an orphan, I don't even know what I am."
"It's quite okay," replied the snake. "Actually, my story is much the same
as yours. I, too, have been blind since birth, and also never knew my
mother. Tell you what, maybe I could kinda slither over you, and figure
out what you are, so at least you'll have that going for you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful," replied the bunny.
So the snake slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well, you're covered
with soft fur; you have really long ears; your nose twitches; and you have
a soft cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a bunny."
"Oh, thank you! Thank you," cried the bunny in obvious excitement. The
bunny suggested to the snake, "maybe I could feel you with my paw, and the
same way you've helped me."
So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked, "Well, you're scaly
and slimy, and you have a forked tongue, no backbone and no balls. I'd say
you must be either a politician, an attorney, or possibly part of upper
management.