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Did the jackrabbit do it? Fourteen species say yes. The jackrabbit says "what."The forest-floor inquest, page 12
His ears were seen leaving at 9:14. The rest of him at 9:15.A timeline in two parts
The rocket in the clearingWho built it, and why the seat is jackrabbit-sized
The jackrabbit, interviewed
- Where were you at 9:15?
- Everywhere. Simultaneously. Have you seen my feet.
- Witnesses place your ears at the parking structure.
- My ears go where they want. I don't get a vote.
- Did you build the rocket?
- Define rocket. Define build. Define I.
- Why did she quit?
- Because I told her she could. Then I told everyone. Then I quit telling. Then I quit.
First witnesses
The fox
Under the desk the whole time. The jackrabbit said 'I quit' first. She just agreed.
The owl
Night shift. I saw ears. Enormous. Then nothing. Then ears.
The rabbit
Not the jackrabbit. Wants that noted. We're not related. He's from the desert. He's insane.
More came forward
The moose
Too large for the elevator, took the stairs, saw all eleven floors. Jackrabbit on every floor. Same jackrabbit.
The skunk
HR. Obviously. He filed his resignation as a smell.
The squirrel
Runs facilities from inside the wall. He hid the rune in the ceiling tile. I counted.
The opossum
Played dead in the lobby for the duration. Officially I saw nothing. Unofficially: the ears.
The turtle
Arrived to give a statement about Q1. What year is it.
The crows
Counsel for the deceased. Our client has not quit. Our client has been quit at.
By noon there were two jackrabbits. By one there were nine. Nobody had seen him multiply. Everybody had seen him.From the cover story
Everyone saw
The bear
Quit hibernation early to be here. I'll say it once. The jackrabbit was right.
The boar
Ran the mailroom. He never opened a single memo. He ate them. Correctly.
The frogs
Forty-one of them, one statement. It rained jackrabbits. That's all we'll say.
The sky went pink. The skulls came down. The rockets went up. He was on all of them.