My neighbour is a nice woman. She lives with her five-year-old daughter and has just returned to teaching. She is friendly, but we're not the kind of neighbours who are in and out of each others homes. We do keep an eye out for each other's houses when we're away on holiday though, since we live in a street that on one side has abandoned and burnt-out vehicles and on the other has strangers who think it acceptable to use our back alleyway as a toilet.
Last weekend she took the little one to visit her grandparents and, as usual, I offered to pop in and out. There were some extra tenants this time though. She had decided to give in to her daughter's pleading for a pet and had bought two rabbits. They would need feeding, cleaning out and generally entertaining.
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