Editor, Daily News:
As I sat at the lanai window watching a wild rabbit, no more than 10 inches long, nibble shoots in the hedge row, he suddenly lifted his head to stare intently at something.
My gaze followed his and I saw that he was looking at a black snake that looked to me to be two feet long or greater, his head raised three or four inches above the ground, staring, in his turn, at the rabbit.
The standoff continued for several minutes until the rabbit made a short hop toward the snake.
The idea of his attacking the serpent appeared ridiculous to me, but apparently not to the snake, which slowly lowered his head and turned away, seeking a less dangerous way to get where he was going.
The rabbit watched the departure intently.
Then he, in his turn, moved on to less-contested territory.
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