Cuando mis papás me quitaron el celular pensé que era el fin del mundo.
Y para colmo, me dieron un castigo súper ridÃculo, cuidar a Copito, el nuevo conejo de la casa.
Debes entretener al conejo y hacerlo feliz, dijo mi mamá con un tono de rabia pero con una expresión de que lo iba a disfrutar mucho.
¿Cómo se supone que se entretiene a un conejo?
Los primeros dÃas fueron un desastre, el conejo solo comÃa, dormÃa y me miraba raro. Yo me sentaba y lo veÃa saltar por la alfombra como si no supiera que tenia que ayudarme con el castigo.
En un momento de aburrimiento le empecé a hacer mini shows con cosas que encontraba, torres de almohadas, túneles con libros y cuadernos y hasta una especie de parque con figuritas recortadas.
Y no sé en qué momento pasó, pero empecé a reÃrme, y cuando lo hacÃa Copito se paraba en dos patas o corrÃa como loco, cada dÃa inventaba algo nuevo para entretenerlo y sin darme cuenta dejé de extrañar el celular.
SalÃa al jardÃn a buscar hojas para sus ensaladas raras o ramitas para hacer los tesoros con los que le gustaba jugar, empecé a ver el pasto, el cielo, las nubes y a descubrir cosas que no sabia que estaban allà y menos que las podÃa disfrutar.
No sé si Copito se volvió feliz gracias a mà o si fui yo el que terminó siendo feliz gracias a él. Lo que si sé es que lejos del celular habÃa un montón de cosas que me estaba perdiendo.
Solo necesitaba un conejo y un castigo para darme cuenta.
When my parents took my cell phone away, I thought it was the end of the world.
And to top it all off, they gave me a ridiculous punishment: babysitting Copito, the new rabbit in the house.
You have to entertain the rabbit and make him happy, my mom said, sounding angry but with an expression that made me feel like I was going to enjoy it a lot.
How are you supposed to entertain a rabbit?
The first few days were a disaster; the rabbit just ate, slept, and looked at me weird. I would sit and watch him jump around on the carpet as if he didn't know he had to help me with the punishment.
In a moment of boredom, I started putting on mini shows for him with things I found: pillow towers, tunnels filled with books and notebooks, and even a sort of playpen with cutouts.
And I don't know when it happened, but I started laughing, and when I did, Copito would stand on two legs or run like crazy. Every day I invented something new to entertain him, and without realizing it, I stopped missing my cell phone.
I went out to the garden to look for leaves for his strange salads or twigs to make the treasures he liked to play with. I began to see the grass, the sky, the clouds, and discover things I didn't know were there, much less that I could enjoy.
I don't know if Copito became happy thanks to me or if I ended up being happy thanks to him. What I do know is that away from my cell phone, there were a lot of things I was missing.
All I needed was a rabbit and a punishment to realize it.
