乱歩とのコミュニケーション
乱歩と共に生活するようになり、早3ヶ月。ご存知のとおり、すっかり親バカならぬうさぎバカになっている私達。それはさておき、一緒に過ごす時間が増えるにつれ、随分とコミュニケーションも取れるようになりました。最近では簡単な単語ならばわかる乱歩。例えば、「ちっち」と言えばトイレへ駆け込むし、「おいしいね」といえば、えさがもらえると思っているらしく、足元をうろうろしてえさをねだる。いくつかの単語の中で異常に反応する単語が3つ。「ねんね」「ケージ」「おるすばん」。「ねんね」は毎夜、寝る前にケージへ戻す時に使う単語。「ケージ」は悪さをした時におしおきのしつけとしてケージに戻す時の単語。そして、「おるすばん」は私が毎朝、出勤前にケージに戻す時に使う単語。この3つの単語に共通するのは「ケージに戻される」ということ。なので異常なくらい反応し、必ず一声「ブゥ」と鳴きながら、足ダンをして抵抗する。そして、部屋中を逃げ回る。捕まえても油断してると、腕から飛び降りて逃げる。だからこの3つの単語を使う時には油断は大敵!うさぎ1羽。されど1羽。世話をするのは大変なことも多いですが、日に日に少しづつ絆が深まることをうれしく思う今日この頃でもあります。It's been 3 months already since we started living with our Rampo. as you all know, we are now rabbit freaks. Anyways, as we spent more time together, we are starting to communicate a bit more than before. Nowadays, Rampo can understand simple words. For example, when I say, "Chichi(meaning bathroom)", he runs in to his toilet box and when I say "Oishine(meaning delicious)", he seems to sense that he'll get some foods. So he runs around my foot, begging for foods. From some of the simple words that he can understand, there are 3 words that he overreacts to. These words are "Nenne(meaning time for bed)", "Cage" and "Orusuban(meaning home alone)". I use the word, "Nenne" every night before I put him back in the cage, so that I can go to bed. I use the word, "Cage" every time I put him back in the cage as a dicipline, when he does mischievious things. And I use the word, "Orsusuban", every morning before I put him back in the cage, so that I can go to work. But these words have one thing in common. It's a word used in various situations, when it's time for Rampo to go back to his cage.Since he hates to go back into his cage, he overreacts to these words. He cries, "Bu!" and stamps his foot, then he runs around the room to escape from me. Even if I catch him, if I don't hold on to him, he'll jump off from my arms. So when I use these 3 words, I must pay some attentions.It's only a rabbit, but it's a rabbit.There are many things that I must be careful of when I'm taking care of Rampo.But the bond between us is getting deeper and deeper, day by dayand I feel very happy about it.