What Effect Do Wolves Have On Animals Essay

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The wolves believed that their way of living was the only way to live, they did not approve of the way the rabbits were living therefore they disliked the rabbits and did whatever was in their way to make their lives miserable. In many occasions things went on and the rabbits were blamed for everything, An earthquake occurs and the wolves incriminate the rabbits because "it is well known that rabbits pound on the ground with their hind legs and cause earthquakes". The wolves also blame the rabbits for a lightning strike that kills one of the wolves because "it is well known that lettuce-eaters cause lightning". After the wolves announce plans "to civilize" the rabbits if they don't stop causing natural disasters, the rabbits decide to run away to an island. However, the other animals convince the rabbits to stay because "This is no world for escapists" and guarantee …show more content…
The rabbits stay and one day a terrible flood that drowned many great wolves was also blamed on the rabbits, because “it is well known that carrot-nibblers with long ears cause flood”. The wolves then decide to imprison the rabbits, "for their own good". Weeks later nothing was known about the rabbits and the other animals wanted to know what had happened to them, the wolves say that it is "a purely internal matter". The wolves also claim the rabbits were trying to escape "and, as you know, this is no world for escapists". The wolves blamed and teased the rabbits for things they did not do, showing that they did not blame them for actual reasons rather being for their own personal enjoyment. As we know the moral says Run, don't walk, to the nearest desert island meaning do not rely on others to defend your desert island, yourself. The that the other animals should have let the rabbits leave, because of them and their “protection” they would give the rabbits against the wolves the rabbits stayed and got

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