then it charged.
i made a shooing motion on the assumption it merely thought i had some food for it. the vicious creature paused for a second, then as soon as i turned my back it resumed the attack. we did this 2 or 3 times (i think it was just savoring the kill) and all i could think was that this was the day i didn't bring my holy hand grenade of antioch. finally i lured it in, let it get close, before i gave a wild kick. i didn't want to hit it (and have the whole bunny clan come after me for a blood debt) so i came close without actually making contact. finally the thing lost its blood lust and ran back to its hole to terrorize others on another day. victory is mine!
ps i thought about using an elmer fudd reference but decided to go with monty python instead.