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bit agreed.
"Come on," said Ali: "Let's eat them together and
talk. There are many things I'd like to ask you…."
The rabbit began speaking: "We rabbits live in nests
called burrows, which we dig under the ground. And carrots suit
our underground life very well because they grow down into the
ground. So, we can find them easily. Carrots are our favorite food,
and Allah has created them so that we have no difficulty in finding
them. Because Allah wills it to be this way, we have no problem
finding food. This is one of the miracles of His creation."
Ali thought how Allah has created everything just in right way
for animals to use. He remembered the orange he had eaten in the
winter. He was amazed at how it came out of its skin in slices so
that he could eat it easily. Had it come in a different form, he
thought, it might have been difficult to eat. Oranges contain a lot
of Vitamin C, which is very good for our health, and Ali thanked
Allah for creating oranges ready sliced and packaged so that peo-
ple can eat them easily. And, of course, it is another blessing that
we have teeth to eat them with. Allah also gave rabbits their front
teeth to gnaw carrots with.
"OK," said Ali, "What other special abilities has Almighty Allah
given to you?"
The rabbit replied: "Allah has given every creature abili-
ties to make its life easier. There are many kinds of rab-
bits with different abilities in the world. For ex-
ample, rabbits that live in cold regions are usu-
ally white, so that they are hard to see in the snow
and can hide easily. Wild rabbits like me have
