The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit moralizing and stiff illustrations. Most damaging to the book's success are the two rabbits. Both lack the adorable cuteness of Peter Rabbit and his kin. "A Fierce Bad Rabbit" focuses on a traditional rather than a creative approach to storytelling and reflects Potter's inexperience with babies and very young children. She appears to be more interested in naming and designating this or that rather than developing plot and exploring character. She names and directs the child's attention to the rabbit's tail, whiskers, and claws, for example, rather than to the animal's facial expression. When the hunter appears, he is blandly
A Wild Hare stiff leg towards his rabbit hole (recalling "The Spirit of '76"). In a rare promotional broadcast, "A Wild Hare" was loosely adapted for the radio as a sketch performed by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan on the April 11, 1941, edition of "The Al Pearce Show". The sketch was followed by a scripted interview with Leon Schlesinger. Although the script is available for public online viewing, , no recording of the broadcast is known to exist. "A Wild Hare", due to it setting the stage for Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny, is available on many home video releases. A