Last week, while on a walk in Fair Oaks Park with Seamus, Beth's father Don noticed a couple of the neighborhood felines tormenting what at first glance appeared to a big bag of fur. After chasing them off, Don and Seamus discovered that the fuzz pile was in fact a pet bunny that had either escaped or someone had let loose open the world's clover crop. With pity filling his heart Don took the bunny home, much to Betty's delight.

Now it was true that years ago, the Manning household was a veritable menagerie of the animal kingdom. There was Desmond the frog. Algernon the snake. And, of course and the ducks, Katie and Jonny. But with the kids out of the house and traveling in their hearts, the Mannings really have room for only one pet. While Seamus will miss his living chase toy, the Mannings had no choice but to hand him over to the SPCA where Rabbit (as he is affectionately know) will either make someone a nice pet or a nice stew.