Chapter 64: Rock a Bye Bunny
Here's a parody of the episode: Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
It's Sunday morning. The newspaper is tossed onto the Loud house lawn. Leni comes out in her robe and collects the paper. As she heads back to the house, she feels something hugging her leg.
"Huh?"
She looks down and sees a light brown baby bunny. "Aww, aren't you adorable."
Inside, Luan is also in her robe, making coffee in the kitchen. She drinks some coffee and she instantly perks up from her drowsiness.
"Wow. That's some strong coffee."
Leni comes back with the bunny. "Hey Luan, look what I found."
Luan gasped as she saw the cute creature. "A baby bunny!"
"And it's totally helpless. I just found him outside our house. He was all alone with nobody to take care of him."
"Well, it's a good thing you took him inside."
"Now he needs something to sleep in." Leni thought. "A shoebox."
Leni got out a shoebox from the closet. She sets it on the living room table and puts the bunny in it.
"Shoe la la." Luan said. "He fits perfectly in there."
Luan takes the box and sticks her head closer to get a closer look at the bunny. "Aw, he's cute."
Chomp!
"Uh oh." Luan lifts her head up and the young bunny is seen biting her face. "I think somebody's hungry."
Leni takes the bunny. "Is it true? Are you hungry?"
She sets him on the table. "I've got just the thing. How would you like a Burpin burger?"
She holds one out in front of him, but he disliked it.
"Leni Loud, are you crazy?" Luan scolded. "That's not the right kind of food for a little fella like him."
"Of course. I don't know what I was thinking. What he needs is a tiny Burpin burger."
She holds one out but he hated that too. "Huh? Nobody's ever turned down one of these babies before."
She eats it.
"A piece of pie?" Luan suggested. The bunny shook his head.
"A smoothie?" Leni suggested. The bunny shook his head.
"Wait, duh!" Luan slapped her forehead. "Carrots! Rabbits love carrots."
"I've got one." Leni got one out. The bunny happily ate it. "Well, he should be good for the rest of the-"
The bunny started crying.
"What now?" Luan said.
"I don't know!" Leni said worried. The bunny cried louder.
"Aw, don't cry. Uh…"
"Let's cheer him up." Luan suggested. Luan started juggling balls. Leni made funny faces.
"Look at the funny face! Look at the funny face!" It's revealed that Leni is using a puppet version of herself that can make faces. Leni panicked. "Look at the funny face!"
"Wait, I think I know the problem." Luan lifted up the bunny and inspected him. "Yep. That's it alright."
She turned around with the bunny. "Hold on just one second."
Luan got to work and then turned back to Leni. "Here he is. Good as new."
The bunny was now wearing a diaper.
"How did you know?" Leni asked, holding the rabbit.
"How do you think? We've been doing it for Lily ever since she was born."
"Wow. I'm sure glad you were here to help."
"Yeah, I know. Good thing there's two of us."
"You know Luan, since this bunny doesn't have parents, we should totes raise it ourselves."
"Yeah, at least til it's old enough to be on its own."
"Well, I'll be the mom because I'm the most motherly." Leni said.
"And I've got the old man's sense of humor." Luan said. "So just call me Hop Pop! Or Daddy."
We get a montage of Luan and Leni acting like parents to the baby bunny. Luan is wearing a fedora and bow tie while Leni has a sun hat and a fancy dress. The two teens are taking their baby out for a walk as Leni pushes him in a stroller. They walk past Flip and Mrs. Johnson, who are confused about the logic of two teens having a bunny as a child. Luan and Leni play with their bunny at the park, including doing the bunny hop. They get ice cream from an ice cream truck and order one with carrots for the rabbit. Then they ride on a bike with the rabbit, but the rabbit ends up riding by himself without pedaling. Leni and Luan chase after him as he goes down the road.
It's nighttime now. Leni and Luan are watching the bunny sleep in Leni's shoebox. They're both in Leni and Lori's room.
"It sure is cute when it's asleep." Luan commented.
"Yeah." Leni agreed.
Lori comes in. "You guys still have that bunny?"
"Shh!" Leni shushed her. "I just put him to sleep."
Leni and Luan got into Leni's bed.
"Hey Leni."
"Yeah Luan?"
"I never thought that being a parent could be this much fun."
"Me neither."
Lori rolls her eyes and goes to bed.
"Goodnight Leni."
"Goodnight Luan."
The next morning, the Loud kids were in the dining room having breakfast, with the bunny sitting in a high chair. Lana was petting him.
"He's so cute and fluffy."
"He's cuter than Hops." Lola commented.
"Nah, Hops is still the cutest animal in this family." Lana petted Hops.
"Leni, it's nice of you and Luan to look after this bunny." Lincoln said.
Leni is seen dusting with one hand, ironing with another hand, and vacuuming with her foot. "Well, somebody needed to care of him. And me and Luan would make great parents for Cinnamon." (the bunny's name)
Then Luan came in, wearing a business outfit. "Alright, pancakes! All this parenting stuff is making me hungry!"
Luan scarfs down her pancakes. She goes over to the baby bunny. "Hey Cinnamon, how ya doing?"
She pats him and then smells him. "Leni?"
"Yes Luan?"
"Kid's got a stinky."
"Could you take care of him? My hands are kinda full."
Luan drinks her orange juice as Cinnamon cries. "Wish I could, but I gotta go."
"Go? Where are you going?"
"I'm going to work. I'm the dad. Remember?" Luan went to the front door. She put on her work hat.
"You mean I have to do all this baby stuff myself?"
"I'll give you a break when you get home. Don't you two stop being adorable."
Luan left. Leni chuckles weakly.
"Leni, we can help take care of Cinnamon." Lori said.
"No, he's my and Luan's responsibility."
"But Leni, are you sure-"
"It's ok. Really. I'm sure Luan will help me out when she comes back home. I hope."
Later that night, Luan came back from work. "Phew! What a day."
She threw off her hat and briefcase. Leni was seen doing the same chores she was doing in the morning. She was holding Cinnamon, who was crying, in a baby wrap and was now tired.
"Oh good, you're back. Now you can help me with the baby."
"Oh, I'd love too Leni, but I'm totally beat from work."
"Huh?"
Luan sat down on the living room couch to watch tv. She laughs. "That guy got hit in the head with a coconut!"
"Luan, what about my break?" Leni said.
"Oh yeah, your break. Tomorrow. I promise."
"Uh, ok. Tomorrow."
Tomorrow
Luan came back home from "work." "Phew! Another tough day."
She threw off her hat and briefcase.
"Oh Luan, I'm so glad you're home after working all day." Leni said, exhausted as she was doing her chores and watching Cinnamon. "I can't wait for my break."
"Work was a killer. I need to sit down."
Luan sat down on the couch.
"Luan, I really need-"
"Tomorrow for sure."
Tomorrow for sure
"Luan…" Leni said, very tired.
"I'll get to it eventually."
Eventually
"Uhhh…" Leni said desperately.
"Uhhh…" Luan replied.
Uggh…
Luan was watching tv after work again. Leni walked over, glaring at her sister.
"Luan Loud, we need to talk."
"Just one more minute. I-"
"Don't one more minute me, Mrs. Loud!" Leni turned the tv off.
"Hey, I'm missing the coconut."
"You haven't been helping at all with Cinnamon. We made a commitment and you're not doing your share. You never do anything."
"I changed his diaper."
"Yeah, once."
"He's smaller than Lily. How many diapers could he possibly use?"
Leni showed her all the diapers in the trash can.
"Oh, that's not so much."
Leni showed more diapers in the closet.
"So?"
Leni showed more in the fridge, the bathroom, in the walls, and outside on the front lawn where a garbage man was collecting them. Luan was shocked. Then she felt guilty.
"I had no idea." She cried. "What kind of a father am I?! I'll make it up to you sis. I promise."
The next day, Luan is getting ready for work while Leni is chatting with her parents.
"So Luan is really gonna help you take of Cinnamon this time?" Rita asked.
"Yep." Leni replied. "She made a promise."
Luan came downstairs in her work suit. "I'm heading to work now."
"So what's the plan for today?" Leni asked her.
"No more fooling around. From now on I'm Super dad."
"That's what Lincoln used to call me." Lynn Sr. said.
"I'll work straight through lunch so I can get home on time. So make sure you leave a big ol stinky diaper for me to change and you can take the night off sis."
Leni gave Luan her briefcase. The two shook hands. "Great. So I'll see you at six o clock."
"Six o'clock." Luan said as she left the house.
"Six o'clock." Leni repeated.
"Six o'clock."
"Six o'clock."
"Six o'clock."
Six o clock."
Six o clock."
"Twenty bucks says that Luan will show up late." Rita said to Lynn Sr.
"Thirty bucks if she shows up wearing a lampshade on her head." Lynn Sr. said.
"You're on."
12:00 midnight
Just as the parents predicted, Luan did show up late and was wearing a lampshade on her head. She giggled as she comes inside. "Man, that was some party."
Leni is seen next to Luan, looking annoyed. She's in her nightgown and has hair curlers on. She's also holding Cinnamon in her arms. Luan took her lampshade off.
"Oh, hey Leni."
Leni didn't respond. She stared angrily at her little sister.
"What?" Luan said. Leni kept staring. "What?"
"Oh, nothing." Leni replied bitterly.
"Oh what a relief. For a second there, I thought you were mad at me." Luan put the lampshade on Leni. Leni took it off.
"Do you remember what you said to me this morning?"
"Something about apple pie?"
Leni sighs. "No."
"Wait, wait! Let me guess...I give up."
"Does-" Leni does a mocking impression of Luan with a goofy face. -"you can take the night off sis-" She speaks in her normal voice. -"ring a bell?"
"Pfft! I don't need this." Luan went back outside.
"What?! Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going back to work!" Luan said and went into the garage.
"Work?!" Leni growls and puts Cinnamon back in his crib. Then follows Luan into the garage to see Luan watching a video on her laptop, and sitting on a comfy beanbag.
"That guy got hit in the head with two coconuts!" Luan laughed.
"So this is work?" Leni asked angrily.
"You know, it's not as easy as it looks." Luan explained. "Sometimes I have to wait for my laptop to load. Sometimes I have to find the right video, and sometimes my butt itches real bad."
"Aw, you poor poor thing." Leni said sarcastically. "Anyway, you forgot your briefcase!"
Leni opened the briefcase to reveal donuts and ice cream. She dumps it the desserts all over Luan. Luan narrowed her eyes and glared at Leni.
"Oh, so this is the thanks I get for working overtime?"
Leni was enraged as she had a vein popping onto her forehead. "OVERTIME?!"
Then the two sisters argued intensely.
"Yeah, overtime sister!" Luan yelled.
"Oh yeah, you're working alright!" Leni yelled back.
"You know what that means?" Luan argued angrily.
"And that's the kind of work you're doing?" Leni argued angrily.
"It means working when you're just too tired to work!" Luan snapped.
"Show me where I can sign up for this, cause I've been working my fingers to the bone!" Leni snapped.
"Guys? Guys?" Lori was by the garage door trying to get her younger sisters attention, but they were still arguing.
"GUYS!"
"What?!" Leni and Luan snapped.
"Cinnamon's gone missing!"
"What?!" Luan and Leni got worried.
"Yeah, the front door was left open and he must've escaped!"
Luan glared at Leni. "Nice going Leni."
"Come on, let's go find him!" Leni said.
They run outside to look for him. "Cinnamon! Cinnamon!"
They hear a sound coming from the tree in their front yard and look up.
"Oh look, it's a bird." Leni said.
"That's not a bird." Luan said. "That's Just Cinnamon about to jump off that tree."
"Oh."
Then they panicked. "CINNAMON!"
The bunny jumped from the tree. The sisters attempted to catch him but bumped into each other.
"Did you catch him?" Leni asked.
"No." Luan sadly replied.
"...We're bad parents!" Both girls cried.
"Guys, look!" Lori pointed to Cinnamon, who was on the front porch.
Leni and Luan looked. "Cinnamon!"
"He's ok!" Leni said relieved. He bounced over to the two girls.
"And he can hop real good!" Luan said. "I guess he's all grown up."
Cinnamon kisses Leni on the cheek before hopping off.
"Hey, what about Daddy?" Luan said. A coconut was thrown at her. Then he came back to kiss Luan on the cheek. "That's my boy."
Cinnamon hopped off.
"Goodbye!" Leni waves.
"Goodbye Cinnamon!" Luan waves. "We'll make sure to send you some HARE-mail."
"Well Luan, he doesn't need us anymore." Leni said.
"This is the hardest part of every parent's life, I assume."
"Despite all we've been through, it was worth it."
"Yeah…Let's have another."
Leni looked shocked.
