Foster father’s hare raising tale

I WAS away for a few days and when I came back there was a message on my answering machine. It was from a man I didn’t know who lived in the local village. He wanted advice on how to rear two baby hares.

Hares, unlike rabbits, are born with their eyes open and all their fur and look like miniature adults. Their mother leaves them hiding in the grass and goes off to graze, checking up on them from time to time. So if you find a leveret in the grass the best thing to do is leave it there. It’s not abandoned and the mother will return eventually.

I rang to apologise to the man for my delay in responding and to see if I was too late with my advice. I discovered this story was a bit different.