devoted-mother

Updated: May 2, 2025

Rabbit doing the devoted-mother act, and, by the look of her tail only and the speed at which she was going, it appeared most likely that it would be her last. Meanwhile the old doe-rabbit sat there in the moonlight as immovable and impassive as a Buddha, and the hedgehog, peering at her, guessed that the time to unroll was not yet.

F. St. Mars - The Way of the Wild