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he bunnies wanted to call it  Sophie s River, but Sophie said they should
name it after Mark. They all nodded and pretended to agree with her, but went
on calling it Sophie s River anyway.
The grass and the clover and the nettles began to bloom again almost
immediately, and even the old hawthorn bush in the middle of the village
square started to perk up. As soon as it did, though, a very strange thing
happened. One night someone nibbled and worked at the bush until it came to
look exactly like Mark the Bunny, whose ideas had inspired Sophie to save the
village.
For several days afterwards Lenny had a bad stomach ache, and when anyone
asked him if he d made the art in the village square he would only say that
the question made his head hurt.
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