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Restless on the eve of the equinox, the solider stumbled in the in the snow and encountered the great rabbit, Peter. He aimed his rifle straight on and the rabbit feigned surprise, pulled his ears back and rolled his eyes. He let the solider tie him up and bring him back to the barracks. The regime stared at him all night in the barracks as they played cards and toasted to their wives and lovers. Peter thought of his burrow, fresh watercress and lolling about the great meadows.  Early in the morning, as the other soldiers lay listless, Joan Fontaine whining in the background, Sidley, with the lazy eye, gave him a bite of cornbread and a sip of stale gin. Peter opened his eyes and jumped through his ropes and hopped out of the base, a haggard sergeant with a hangover skipping after him.