Rabbits Have Long Ears

"Rabbits Have Long Ears" by Lawrence F. Willard is a science fiction story where Commander Losure and his team explore a faraway world possibly filled with smart creatures. The story focuses on being careful and how tough it is to talk to beings that are super different from us because of their culture and bodies. Commander Losure worries about meeting a new race that might be dangerous, but things get funny when the crew finds a rabbit-like animal. This makes them question what the beings on the planet are really like. The strange discovery causes confusion and shows how weird alien meetings can be. In the end, the crew thinks about what they've learned and how easy it is to make wrong guesses. Putting high-tech stuff next to a simple rabbit adds humor, making readers think about what it really means to see something as "smart" or a "civilization."