A Marvelous Cat Tail er Tale - And How He Met the Easter Bunny
Marvelous came to live with Mom in Canada in 2017. Easter had already passed, so he didn’t think much about bunnies, baskets, or Peeps. He was far too busy supervising Richmond from the catio and making sure Mom didn’t wander off unsupervised.
Fast forward to the next spring.
Fast forward to the next spring.
One evening, the raccoons who lived by the cranberry field across the street waddled over and whispered through the catio screen, “Pssst… Marv! Big news. On Sunday, a rabbit brings candy to the Peeps.”
Marvelous blinked.
“A rabbit? Bringing candy? To birds? This country is weird.”
But he was intrigued. A rabbit delivering treats sounded like a job he should have. After all, he was fast, handsome, and had excellent paw–eye coordination.
So, very early Easter morning (before the sun was even up!), Marvelous stationed himself by the door, ready to pounce on this so‑called candy courier.
Just after sunrise, he heard a soft thump… thump… thump.
Marvelous crouched. His tail twitched. His whiskers quivered with anticipation.
Then—there he was.
A fluffy white rabbit wearing a tiny vest, dragging a basket bigger than he was.
Marvelous leapt out dramatically.
“STOP RIGHT THERE! I have questions.”
The rabbit froze mid‑thump.
“Uh… hi?”
Marvelous strutted around him lashing his striped tail and making sure it tickled the rabbit's nose.
“Why candy? Why Peeps? Why not cats? And why do you get a whole holiday when I clearly have the better fur?”
The Easter Bunny sighed.
“Look, kid, I don’t make the rules. I just hop here.”
Marvelous considered this.
“Fine. But I want a sample.”
The Easter Bunny handed him a single green (and smelling of catnip) jellybean.
Marvelous sniffed it, batted it, chased it, and finally sat on it.
“This is acceptable,” he declared.
And from that day on, Marvelous made sure the Easter Bunny stopped at his house first. Partly for quality control, partly because someone had to supervise the rabbit’s work ethic, and mostly because he liked the green jellybeans.
And that is how Marvelous met the Easter Bunny…
…and why the Easter Bunny now stops for catnip tea in the wee hours at Mom’s house every year.
