Little Andy was a special superhero. He loved to run around the grass in just a diaper with his favorite blanky. He would suck his thumb and hold the corner of the material with the blanky draped over one shoulder flowing like a cape behind him. The ends of the blanky would become so tattered that every so often Mom would cut off another row of the quilt and sew the edge back up, over time it was reduced down to only a 3 foot square. When Andy was about four John(12), Ed(10) and Chuck (6) tried to talk Andy into getting rid of the blanky. There was a pregnant rabbit that was sheding her special maternal fur to build a nest but she didn't seem to have enough of the fur. With much coaxing little Andy finally agreed to donate his favorite blanky to the moma rabbit. With mixed feelings Andy helped his brothers rip the blanket into small pieces and place it next to the rabbit. A few days later was a special day, little Andy visited the rabbit hutch nine times that day with a big smile and booming with pride for helping little newborn bunnies have a comfortable soft home.
This is a picture of little Andy holding onto the blanket even as it was hanging out to dry on the clothes line at Grandma Udy's home in Burley, Idaho.
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