The Black and the White

            By the color of their fur, they declared each other enemies. The black-furred rabbits and the white-furred, brothers and sisters of the same breed, yet their hearts held nothing but disdain for their brethren.

            The two colors put vast swaths of land between their communities, refusing to pass within the borders of the other colors land. Those that did were met with only violence. The meadow they dwelled in was large, bordered on all sides by great trees. Often, the rabbits of different color would assemble on the very opposite sides of the meadow, only to gawk at one another and hurl insults, promoting nothing but hatred.

            But then one day, a threat entered the meadow. The threat took the form of an immense snake, whose coils stretched a great distance across the land; with a wretched hiss, the scaled fiend declared his name. Hatred.

            Twisting his way through the long grass, Hatred devoured rabbits of all colors, feasting indiscriminately. Fleeing was futile, for the snake slithered too fast. Fighting proved worthless, for his scales were too thick to damage. The rabbits rallied against the great beast, but without the two colors cooperating, their resistance proved futile.
            Soon, naught a rabbit remained in the meadow. Hatred had consumed their entire breed, leaving none to carry the memory of the black and the white.