“I met a little rabbit once, a-hopping on her way,
I said, ‘Where are you going to on such a lovely day?’,
She said with just the slightest frown, ‘Don’t hinder me, I pray’,
I’m taking round the Easter eggs because it’s Easter Day.” – Anon
We had to hold the rushing rabbit up for a moment though to check that her Easter rounds were as safe as could be. We didn’t want to hinder the egg distribution, and we’ve had reports that all chocolate eggs were found on time in the morning. In these times of reduced contact though, we felt compelled to check on the rabbit who visits more homes and gardens than any other animal in the world.
Good news – Easter stealth = social distancing
As we know, the ultra-stealthy Easter Bunnies travel around from garden to garden and home to home before dawn, leaving brightly coloured eggs out for all the good little children in the world to find. As well as providing children with the ever-useful motivation to behave, this prevents any contact between the workforce in question and the children or parents in receipt of the shelled souvenirs. As the rabbits do most of their work outside, many of the other usual precautions can be relaxed too, allowing for relatively normal egg distribution.
Better news – A large but immune workforce
Unlike Santa, who works alone and has had his health and safety practices reviewed recently, there are said to be many Easter Bunnies. Such a large workforce could pose an infection threat, especially given that rabbits are highly social creatures. Fortunately, rabbits are known to be immune to most respiratory diseases like coronavirus.
These particular bunnies are also highly stealthy and are almost never seen by humans. Of course, the time-lapse between the pre-dawn distribution round and the eventual receipt by the child after waking and searching provides a further risk-reducing factor, rendering the danger of infection non-existent.
A large load for a small rabbit?
A quick check around our department revealed that we received an average of two to three Easter eggs each while the children we knew had generally got more. This makes even one delivery quite a burden for a little bunny, which could raise issues relating to safe moving and handling in the workplace.
Fortunately, we have discovered rare footage of the Easter Bunny revealing her to be many times the size of a normal rabbit. The bunny, who looks to be around six feet tall in the video, would have no problem handling the eggs of several families at once, especially with the basket she appears to be carrying.
Judgment – Safe and healthy hares – Santa could learn a thing or two
The natural remoteness of the Easter Bunnies’ work and their immunity to respiratory viruses make them safer than most human delivery people. Furthermore, their job is easily within their healthy, safe capability. Santa – We have heard that you are in close contact with your bunny buddies, so take a lesson from them (or us)!
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