The Maitlands lived in a cottage in the middle of the woods, a 15-minute walk away from the small town of Winter River. The couple had lived there since they'd gotten married, and they wouldn't want their lives any other way. Barbara had always loved gardening, animals and nature in general and Adam was all for the new way of living and thoroughly enjoyed it with the company of his wife. The grew their own food and Barbara made a lot of her own clothes. They thoroughly enjoyed the wildlife that visited them every day and Adam loved watching his wife interact with it.
"Adam" said Barbara, running into the small kitchen of the house "Adam the bunnies are back!"
"All of them?" asked Adam
"Yeah, all 5" said Barbara, bouncing happily on her toes. She grabbed Adam's hand and dragged him outside, happily talking about the rabbits. Outside Barbara knelt down and held her hand out. A small brown bunny hopped over to her and sniffed her hand. She gently picked the bunny up and hugged it to her chest, turning to her husband. "Adam, this is the troublemaker, Peter"
"As in Peter Rabbit?" asked Adam, smiling at his wife as she scratched behind the rabbit's ears.
"Of course," she said "We have Peter here. And on the ground are Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail" she put Peter down and reached for the last dark brown chubby bunny "And this is Benjamin. He's an absolute sweetheart and loves hugs" she hugged the bunny close to her chest and smiled at her husband. Adam grinned and looked over at the other rabbits.
"So, are these the creatures who eat all your veggies?" he asked. Barbara looked at him with a shocked expression.
"No" said Barbara "well, at least not this darling" she scratched Benjamin behind the ear "He's a sweetheart, but the others I do believe have eaten some of it. but they're so cute and just want food"
"Well, they can't keep eating all our food" said Adam
"I'll set food out for them" said Barbara, putting the bunny gently down by his friends. Then she knelt down and patted them all, telling them she'd leave food out for them and they hopped off happily. Adam smiled at her and smiled even more when she turned around the grabbed his hand. "Let's go inside, it's getting dark" Adam smiled and led her inside. The cottage was very homey and there was a vase of flowers in practically every room. Barbara loved sunflowers and Adam often called her his sunflower, which she thoroughly enjoyed. As night fell, the cottage got colder so Adam started the fire and the two sat by it for hours, just talking and eating. The couple had a happy life. Adam worked with wood and would make things for the village. Barbara sold her flowers and home-grown goods, and occasionally would take requests for clothes. That night Adam was wearing a pair of plaid pyjamas and fluffy socks. Barbara was in light coloured pyjama pants, an oversized long sleeve shirt and also had one of his plaid shirts on because it smelled like him and comforted her. Once the fire had died down, the two locked up the small cottage and went to bed, curling up together under the homemade quilt, happy with their lives.
