The little boy continued to look smilingly at it, and said in a highly innocent tone:
"Little wabbit be good, let me stroke you just a little and I'll let you eat the carrot. It's really very good."
The soldiers who were there to guard His Majesty had upon seeing the innocent actions of their Emperor, broke out into faint genuine smiles, without any trace of malice in them.
The big eared rabbit seemed to understand what the little boy had said as it glanced at the carrot and then raised its eyes to look at the little boy before it hopped a little to go nearer.
Just at the moment when the little boy was about to be able to touch the big eared rabbit, the sound of light footsteps came out from within the woods. The soldiers who had smiles upon all their faces immediately retracted their smiles, the swords they held in their hands readied, to face whoever was approaching sternly!
Suddenly, a petite and slender figure walked out from within the woods.
