By Tom

Once upon a time there was a family of rabbits. A mother rabbit, a father rabbit and a bunny rabbit. The mother took care of the bunny on a day-to-day basis and the father worked hard to support his family. In fact, he was know to tell others that taking care of his bunny was his "Paramount Duty."

After awhile the family split up. The bunny went to live with her mother, who eventually remarried. The father continued his financial support for the bunny, although not nearly as enthusiastically.

It soon became clear that the bunny needed braces. (See figure1) The mother mentioned this to the father, who sympathized with the situation, but claimed that he didn't have the money to pay for them, and besides braces weren't covered in their original divorce agreement, wherein he was only required to cover "basic care." He did however, give the bunny's stepfather permission to pay for the braces.

The stepfather, who had to look at the bunny's teeth on a daily basis, readily agreed. The braces were purchased and the teeth were corrected.

The end.

The moral of the story? If you shirk your legal responsibilities, someone responsible will come along and take care of them for you.

To which I can only add two things:

1. Thank you very much to the voters of the Edmonds School District for passing our school levy this week. You are awesome and it's an honor to teach your children.

2. Shame on you, State of Washington, for forcing them to do so.