Animal Wednesday: Good Advice from Emily Rabbit for Hard Days

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Hello everyone, it’s me, Emily!
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Where have I been? I’m not telling except I will say that I got suspended from school for sticking gum under my desk and then falling on the floor and kicking and crying when Mr. O’hare told me this was the 50th time he had told me not to do that and he was going to call my Mother and it was not my fault when I accidentally kicked Mr. O’Hare’s leg and he got so upset his glasses fell off and fell to the floor and it also wasn’t my fault that I was too busy crying and kicking to see that I rolled over his glasses and they broke and then when he sent me to the office I was so upset I knocked over two plants and they fell on the principal’s appointment book (it was not even my fault she had just watered those plants and the water got everything wet) and when she started yelling it made me cry and kick even more because really, who wouldn’t in a situation like that when everything is going wrong especially when it’s not even your fault?
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Anyway, I thought I would tell you what to do when too many things happen all at once and you get blamed or punished and then you start feeling bad or sad when you really should be feeling glad because everyone knows that life is too short to let things get out of hand and feel bad when feeling glad is better for not just yourself but for everyone else too?
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1. throw throw throw: I myself throw frozen peas and when I’m REALLY upset I might throw frozen brussels sprouts but either way give something a good slam and it will help you feel better. Some people hit tennis or racquet balls and kj likes to throw rocks in a pond. kj says you can even throw out old food from the refrigerator or clean the garage and that probably will help just as much.
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2. Keep talking: why keep everything inside if saying something will help you get it out and maybe even you will get good attention? Okay, this didn’t help me too much because I still got punished for breaking things at school but I still felt better having my say about it (especially about the mean principal) and even though I had to write an essay apologizing I wrote 20 pages before I said the 'I'm sorry' part and on page 13 I snuck in that I thought the principal was a crybaby.
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3. Wait an hour or a day: things can get better fast. Why worry when it’s possible that your problem is going to either correct itself or not look so bad if you can just wait it out? (You can always eat jelly beans while you're waiting)
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4. Never underestimate the benefit of a good whine: (even if it’s just to yourself.) (I don't mean a good 'wine' because rabbits don't drink wine). Being brave and nice all the time is too hard and not the smartest, don’t you think so?
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5. Take out your jelly bean collection and admire how nice it is. It always helps to enjoy something that make you happy. When I look at all the colors of my jelly beans, I immediately forget my problems especially the ones that are not even my fault and instead I nibble or notice how luscious my jellies are. That's what you should do too.

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There. I hope that you have missed me and I will try to write more often from now on but I haven’t written not just because I got in trouble at school but because I have been busy getting in trouble other places too and even though trouble be bothersome to some, I am having a very good time not being good and I may even get paid for some of it but that is a story for another time which is not now.
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Sincerely Yours

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Emily V.V. Rabbit