Off the Beaten Path
What in the world was it doing there? A lone cottontail bunny was lounging on the small patch of grass outside the Courtyard Marriott just steps away from bustling Colorado Boulevard in Denver's retail mecca. When I first caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye, I thought it was a lawn ornament because it was so still. However taking a closer look I saw the bunny blink and then raise up from the outstretched pose to a more typical crouch. Why was it there? How could it survive with cars racing by? Was it lost? What would happen to it? were the questions flooding my mind about the little bunny. It seemed out of place, however when we arrived home after dinner it was still there, having moved to a different spot on the lawn. And then in the morning when it was still around I realized that maybe that was its home. Maybe it had found a safe, secure place to stay out of harms way even though danger lurked just feet away. Perhaps he was the hotel mascot and the em...