Some wolves once persuaded the Government to rule against rabbits digging holes.
However the rabbits petitioned that they be allowed to keep their existing holes for a period of time, and this was granted by the State as a concession to the rabbits.
Wishing to expedite the flow of History and bring matters to a happy conclusion, the wolves began to dump rubble into existing burrows. When the rabbits tried to clear out their blocked doorways they were accused of digging fresh burrows, forbidden by law, and arrested.
Still a small band of courageous rabbits persisted in clearing out whatever burrows the wolves filled in, and peacefully put up with whatever legal consequences ensued.
The wolves decided that because they resisted State power the rabbits must be Fascist and often referred to the burrow clearers as "Black Shirts, sorry, I mean Fur Coats".
As soon as everyone was convinced that clearing the filled burrows was Fascist (a term normally associated with exalted State power) the resisters were suppressed by government agents and led to the stewpot in triumph by the wolves.
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