[ WP ] A magician and the rabbit that he pulls out of a hat are on stage , the rabbit is sick of playing second fiddle .

`` Fuck you, Magic Barry.'' I'm sitting in darkness, beneath the false bottom of a well worn and extremely cheap top hat. I'm fed up with being pulled out by the scruff of my neck whenever he feels his show is going badly. When we went into this together, three years ago, he promised me we'd be partners. 
 
 
 `` Listen Baz'' I'd said to him in his dressing room before he went on. `` It's not really fair, this stuffing me into the hat. I want a bigger part. I've been looking at card tricks. I really think I should get a go.'' 
 
 
 He had ignored me, as usual. He put an orange carrot in front of me and it distracted me for a little while. But soon I was angry again. 
 
 
 `` No, Baz, seriously.'' He was fixing his costume before the show. `` I want a bigger part.'' I had had this brilliant idea. `` How about I pull you from the hat? Think about it Baz. Picture it. All the lights on my white fur, combed to perfection. The cheap seats are full and even the folks in the stalls are leaning in to see this next trick. I wave the wand...'' I had broken off. Granted, holding a wand in my paws would be hard, but we'd figure something out. `` I'd wave the wand, and pull you out by scruff of *your* neck. The audience would go wild!'' It was like he had n't even heard me. That was when he'd stuffed me into the hat. 
 
 
 `` Fuck you Magic Barry.'' I thought, and then a hand gripped me and raised me into the light to thunderous applause. I'd forgotten I was just a rabbit. 
 
 

