AUTHOR'S NOTE: this is my first attempt at a "Paw Paws" fanfic in I don't know how long, so bear with me (no pun intended). This also draws inspiration from a favorite movie of my sister's "Once Upon a Forest," which belongs to 20th Century Fox. All the characters belong to Hanna-Barbera. Any other unfamiliar characters belong to me. Also, please forgive some of the Native American stereotypes I'm using later in the story, I seriously don't mean to offend anyone.

It was beautiful day in the forest. Princess Paw Paw and Brave Paw were flying around on their horses, Flying Cloud and Golden Thunder, making sure everything was running smoothly.

"Looks pretty good from here, Princess," Brave Paw said. "No signs of trouble, as far as I can see."

"You're right, Brave Paw," the princess said. "We should be heading back."

The princess was about to turn Flying Cloud around, when she heard a loud metallic snapping sound coming from below.

"What was that?" she asked.

"I don't know, but I didn't like the sound of it," Brave Paw said. "We'd better go check it out!"

Princess Paw Paw nodded, and she and Brave Paw flew down to the source of the sound. The two Paw Paws saw the problem right away. There was a rabbit with it's leg caught in a bear trap. Brave Paw jerked Golden Thunder's reins once he saw it.

"Just as I thought," he said. "An animal trap!"

"Oh that poor rabbit!" Princess Paw Paw shouted, as Flying Cloud landed. The princess climbed off her horse, and began to pet the rabbit's head, to try to calm it down.

"You poor thing!" she shouted. "Now don't worry, we'll have you out of this in no time!"

"But how?" Brave Paw asked. "I don't think we can open that thing by ourselves."

"We'd better get some back up. You go back to the village and get some of the others, and make sure you bring Medicine Paw. We might need him to patch up the rabbit's leg."

"Right. Come on, Golden Thunder!"

Golden Thunder whinnied, and took to the air, going back to the Paw Paws' village as fast as he could fly. When he got there, he didn't bother to land. He just stuck two fingers in his mouth and whistled shrilly.

"All Paws on deck! All Paws on deck!" he called out as loud as he could. "We've got an emergency out in the forest!"

"What kind of emergency?" Mighty Paw asked.

"A rabbit with it's leg caught in an animal trap!" Brave Paw shouted. "The princess and I need as many Paw Paws as possible for this one, and we need Medicine Paw as well!"

"Right!" Mighty Paw shouted. "Come on, everybody!"

And with that, several Paw Paws followed Brave Paw out into the forest where Princess Paw Paw was waiting.

"Look at the size of this thing!" Trembly Paw shouted, once he saw the bear trap. "I don't think even you could open it, Mighty Paw!"

"Not by myself, anyway," Mighty Paw said. "We could try to pry it open."

"But we're going to need some leverage to do that," Brave Paw said.

"How about using this stick, Brave Paw?" one of the other Paw Paws asked, as he and four others brought in a huge stick that was ten times bigger than they were.

"Perfect, Drum Paw!" Brave Paw said. "Come on, Mighty Paw, help us stick this into the trap."

Mighty Paw joined Brave Paw, Drum Paw, and the other four Paw Paws as they managed to wedge the stick into the teeth of the trap. It still wasn't enough to get it open, however.

"Okay, everybody," Brave Paw said. "I'm going to need all of you to help us pull on this stick to open the trap."

Every last Paw Paw went to the stick, and pulled downward on it as hard as they could. Laughing Paw and her puppy, Pupooch, helped out by jumping on top of the stick in order to move it downward. Finally, the trap opened enough for Princess Paw Paw, her father Wise Paw, Medicine Paw, and his wife Nurse Paw, to get the rabbit's foot out as gently as they possibly could.

"Okay, Brave Paw, we got it!" the princess shouted. "You can let go of the stick now!"

"Thank goodness!" Trembly Paw shouted, straining, and he immediately let go, along with the others. Once they let go, the trap snapped shut again, with a loud SNAP!

"Yikes!" Trembly Paw shouted, and nearly jumped ten feet straight up.

"Relax, Trembly, it was just the trap closing on the stick," Brave Paw said, trying not to laugh.

"I knew that," Trembly said, trying to cover up his nervousness.

"How does it look, Medicine Paw?" Princess Paw Paw asked.

"Hmm, looks pretty bad here," Medicine Paw said, examining the rabbit's leg. "I'm going to need to operate. Nurse Paw, my dear, hand me my bag."

Nurse Paw nodded, and handed Medicine Paw his bag. Even though Medicine Paw was known to be a bit of a quack in the village, he was a good doctor in an emergency. He took a bottle out of the bag, and poured the contents onto the rabbit's wound. The rabbit flinched, and squeaked a little, but the princess calmed him down.

"There, there," she said, petting the rabbit's nose. "I know it hurts, but it will only hurt for a little while."

After Medicine Paw cleaned the wound, he took a needle and thread out of his bag, and began sewing it up. Then he took a roll of bandages out, and he, Nurse Paw, and the princess wound it around the rabbit's leg.

"There you go, young fella," Medicine Paw said, patting the rabbit's leg. "You'll be good as new in a few weeks, if you take it easy and stay off that leg as much as possible."

The rabbit sighed, and chattered. Then he nuzzled Medicine Paw with his nose, as well as the princess.

"You're welcome!" Princess Paw Paw laughed. "We'll be back in a couple of days to see how you're doing. You take care of yourself now."

"And be careful out there," Brave Paw said.

The rabbit nodded, and began to hop off, carefully, so as not to aggravate his injured leg. Before he left, he turned to the Paw Paws, and waved goodbye to them.