Once upon a time (allegedly) in a nice little forest, there lived an
> orphaned bunny and an orphaned snake.  By a 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 that you've helped me."
>
> So the bunny felt the snake all over, and remarked,  "Well, you're
> smooth and slippery, and you have a forked tongue, no backbone and no
> balls. I'd say you must be French