The Diaries of Eliana Ward

Entry One

I don't understand why no one seems to like my company. I don't know why everyone resents me somehow, why people really don't understand me. Maybe it's because of my appearance. I look very strange for a young rabbit. My skin is not fluffy and 'cute' like people say it is for other rabbits. I have no fur, and people often give me disgusted looks if I try to smile at them. Don't worry, it doesn't make me that sad. I'm used to it. Everyone else had parents that looked just like them, but I was different, as always. My caretakers are wolves. They say that they found me in a garbage bag when I was an infant. I have a brother too, but I don't think he actually cares about me. My family always tells me that it's ok to be unique, and that it's not necessarily a bad thing. But I'm not unique. I'm weird, and I'm sick of being weird.

Entry Two

With every passing day, I'm becoming more restless. I want to get away from the taunting of the other kids on the school playground, away from the looks of the townspeople, away from everything where I can be reminded of myself. I've finally made my choice. I'm going to run away. -6 hours later- I've been walking for so long, my feet are sore and I can hardly breathe. I'm going to rest a a bit and continue on my journey. -30 minutes later- After all this time, I finally found a village like my own. There's not as many people, and there are lots of different animals, but I still don't feel content. -12 days later- I'm leaving the village to find some other place. It still don't really belong. -11 hours later- I really don't know where to go at this point. I made a wrong turn in the forest and I got myself lost. I feel like I'm going around in circles. It doesn't seem like there's anyone living here though. -1 hour later- I met a traveller who said there was a woodland cottage nearby. I found it, and there's this old elephant living there. She gave me some cherry pie and sent me on my way. I'm almost out of the forest.

Entry Three

I don't think there's ANYWHERE I fit in. I ought to just give up, it seems pretty pointless to keep trying. I have no idea how to get back home, though, so I'm not really sure what to do or where to go. I'll probably die. It'll be doing the world a favor. -1 hour later- I got lost in the forest again, but met someone I didn't expect to find. My brother had been lookign for me ever since I disappeared, and he too had gotten lost in the woods. We found the old elephant's house again, and while we were eating pie my brother told me that after I left, a strange jewel was found on our front porch. He's planning to take me home so I can see it and find out what it is.

-to be continued-