Short Fiction · Character
Old Mr. Bouncer
A pipe-smoking rabbit grandfather left in charge of his grandbabies, whose fondness for gossip and cabbage-leaf cigars proves catastrophically distracting.
supporting
Also known as Old Mr. Bouncer, Mr. Bouncer, so old Mr. Bouncer
First appearance: the tale of benjamin bunny
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The elderly rabbit left in charge of the babies, who unwittingly lets Tommy Brock into the burrow.
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