Runaway bunny decides to stay
“Teacher may I borrow it again?” “Again? But Joaquin (name and details have been changed), don’t you want to borrow another book? I have lots of other books you may borrow.” A thin, six by eight inch, 18-page book copyrighted by Harper and Row in 1942, “The Runaway Bunny” by Margaret Wise Brown was the only book Joaquin wanted to borrow. It’s old grungy cover belied the dramatic impact it made on the tempestuous seven year old boy. As he quietly went back to work, I wondered what happened to the boy who used to vehemently push his desk away from him in our daily battle of wills? Where was the boy whose brain used to have a sign that said “Closed”? Or even yet, “Go away”? It was not until I learned about brain research that I understood what might have happened to the old Joaquin. It has been said that the brain is like a computer which receives information from the outside. But I believe it is more like a telephone operator of bygone