Mattie and Rabbit' shows us that life can be tough whether you're a rabbit or a human being. Good times come and good times go.Mattie is a gardener. One autumn, she plants crocuses that will come up in spring. Rabbit, starving after a long winter running from Fox and subsisting on pine needles and tree bark, finds the first tender green shoots and eats them. Rabbit sees the flowers as delicious and life-saving. Mattie has waited all winter for her beautiful crocuses and is so disappointed and angry at Rabbit she doesn't know what to do. In life, everything changes. It is a series of successes and setbacks. Like a true philosopher, Mattie manages her disappointment by coming up with a creative solution that serves the common good.