JIM BUDZ
My name is Jim and I'm an adult literacy learner at the Malvern Library. Sometimes life can get very busy and I get delayed for my tutoring sessions. However, I always have a good reason for being late: either car failure or a late appointment or a delayed babysitter. But on May 23, 2003, I had an excuse that had my tutor and others scratching their heads.
That day I was driving on Neilson Road in Scarborough heading for my class. When I got close to McLevin Avenue, I saw some cars stopped. People were looking under a car stopped on the road and other people were running around it. I pulled over because I was curious to see what was happening. Suddenly, a small rabbit ran out from under the car. I chased after it along with three other people to try to get it off the road. Someone tried to throw a light coat over it, but it was fast and ran back under the car. I didn't want to give up so I lay down on the ground and used a short stick to try to get him out. Meanwhile, people were blowing their horns at the car and trying to get around it. Someone got mad and said we should run over the rabbit.
Finally, the rabbit ran off the road and through a fence. Now I was late for school so I hurried all the way there. When I told my tutor and the program supervisor what happened they all laughed at my story. "Did your dog eat your homework, too?" they joked.
To make it all worse, I did not have my homework with me. I knew I had it when I left home, so I realized it must have fallen out of my coat when I was chasing the rabbit.