The Runaway Magician

## Premise

A young rabbit from Sleight of Hare, hides in the Swamp Cubs’ clubhouse, but for good reason.

## Plot

At Night, a long-eared shadow sneaks out of the circus and heads for the forest, saying "You will not take away my ears, much less my tail". As the sun was going down came, the cubs head for home, they hear snoring from inside the clubhouse. Once inside, they notice Cohen asleep, and with a bindle. Later, at night, Kissyfur asks Gus if Cohen can stay for the night. Gus asked the rabbit why He’s here. Cohen explained that He had been suffering a lot of bullying from his older brother Sven, who intended to pull Cohen’s ears off or cut his tail off, if he told their parents or anyone. He explained that He tried escaping four times, but they failed, and Cohen gets bullied even more. On His fifth attempt, He succeeded and intends to keep running. Gus agrees to let Cohen stay for the night, as He asks Kissyfur to accompany Cohen to the School Tree in the morning. At morning, Floyd and Jolene search for food, per usual, until they locate a rabbit looking around. Jolene proceeds to attack but is kicked in the gut, and her tail bitten. The rabbit demanded to know where his brother is hiding.

Meanwhile, at the School Tree, Kissyfur and Beehonie introduce Emmy Lou to Cohen, who hides, saying Bears eat rabbits. Kissyfur assures the new Rabbit, that their teacher is harmless. Still unsure, Cohen takes a seat and makes a good first impression. Once class was over, Emmy-Lou asked Cohen if He could show some of his magic tricks. Cohen agreed and did some to impress the swamp cubs. In the club house, Cohen asks the to promise not to tell anyone that He's here, just as Beehonie's Parents come by asking if the club house needed repairs, but, are surprised to see Cohen. In Beehonie's home, Cohen and Beehonie explain the former's situation, and why he's hiding. Archie, Beehonie’s Dad, suggests talking things over with his brother, as Cohen said Sven can’t be reasoned with, and walks off. as Cohen leaves for another swamp, He sees Ralph Packrat and his folks wanting some of Cohen’s good like his magic book, unsharpened pencils and wooden coins.

In another part of the swamp, Sven is searching for Cohen, unaware that two rabbits, a beige one and gray one, wearing capes is wandering. Outside Ralph’s house, He listens to Cohen’s magic advice, and asks why He wants to marry Beehonie. Cohen responds that so far, Beehonie has at least 2 qualities. Sven locates Cohen, and jumps him, saying, “No matter where you run, You won’t escape me!”. Beehonie and her parents, who were hiding, call out Sven for his cruelty, toward his brother. Sven is not intimidated, and proposes to tear the ears off of any rabbit who tries to stop him. However, Floyd and Jolene attack the opposing rabbit, who says “Crocodiles mean nothing to me.” And fights them off as The other rabbits run. Back in Kissyfur’s house, The rabbits explain to Him and Gus that Sven found Cohen, and that he means business. As Sven continues his search, He is caught in a trap by Gus, who orders the offending rabbit to apologize to Cohen. Sven refused, saying that his little brother is not entitled to anything, much less an apology. The caped rabbits appear, ashamed that their eldest son was bullying his younger siblings, after hearing from Ralph’s tape recorder, providing recorded evidence.