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The end
It seemed too ridiculous a tale to credit. Perhaps, in the excitement of the hunt, some of the young ones might have got confused and turned on their fellows, or it might have been a desperate fantasy brought about by too-long confinement. He paid the stories no heed and continued to gnaw on the bones.
The rumour spread slowly, in disbelieving whispers; the reality followed, picking up pace. Then the compound fell silent. It reached him as the sun set blood-red -- a grim-eyed rabbit lolloping purposefully forward, covered in the blood of all the other hounds in the kennel.
It seemed too ridiculous a tale to credit. Perhaps, in the excitement of the hunt, some of the young ones might have got confused and turned on their fellows, or it might have been a desperate fantasy brought about by too-long confinement. He paid the stories no heed and continued to gnaw on the bones.
The rumour spread slowly, in disbelieving whispers; the reality followed, picking up pace. Then the compound fell silent. It reached him as the sun set blood-red -- a grim-eyed rabbit lolloping purposefully forward, covered in the blood of all the other hounds in the kennel.
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