Everyone thinks the rabbit-out-of-the-hat trick is easy – and it is, once you win the trust of the Great Lop. When the spirit rabbits of the vast, mysterious Warren are called forth, they will provide any service requested, within sensible boundaries, of course.

Some rabbits would be called for luck, for guidance, for their speed and agility. Others for companionship. Others, simply for a spot of brief entertainment.

But the trust of the Great Lop is hard to win, and easy to lose. Grab one of its rabbits up by its ears, try to harm one, or put one in danger, and back to the Warren that bunny will run in a puff of smoke and the scent of burnt carrots, and no more shall come.