Once upon a time, allegedly, in a nice little forest, there
lived an orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake. By surprising
coincidence both were blind from birth. One day, the bunny was hopping through
the forest, and the snake was slithering through the forest, when
the bunny tripped over the snake and fell down. This, of course,
knocked the snake about quite a bit.
  
"Oh, my," said the bunny, "I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean
to hurt you. I've been blind since birth, so I can't see where I'm
going. In fact, since I'm also an orphan, I don't even know what I am."
"It's quite OK," replied the snake. "Actually, my story is much the
same as yours. I, too, have been blind since birth, and also never
knew my mother. Tell you what, maybe I could slither all over you, and
work out what you are, so at least you'll have that going for you."
"Oh, that would be wonderful," replied the bunny.
  
So the snake slithered all over the bunny, and said, "Well,
you're covered with soft fur; you have really long ears; your nose
twitches; and you have a soft cottony tail. I'd say that you must be a
bunny rabbit." "Oh, thank you! Thank you," cried the bunny in
obvious excitement.
  
The bunny suggested to the snake, "Maybe I could feel you all
over with my paw, and help you the same way you've helped me." So
the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked, "Well, you're scaly and
smooth, and you have a forked tongue, and no balls. I'd say you
must be either an accountant, or possibly someone in senior management."

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