Rabbit Pie

A farmer and his wife were reading through a recipe book one day and came across a scrumptious-looking dish called Rabbit Pie. They decided that that's what they wanted for dinner that night, so while the farmer went around preparing the veggies for the filling and the dough for the pie shell, the farmer's wife went out to shoot the rabbit (equal-opportunity times, you know).

She was back in no time at all, and together they prepared the bunny (you don't wanna know), stuck him in the pie shell with the veggies, and carefully placed the whole dish into the oven.

But then a strange thing happened. A knocking sound came from inside the oven door. When the farmer opened it up, the rabbit suddenly hopped out, complaining about the heat!
The farmer and his wife were bewildered, but thankfully the farmer came to his senses in time to catch the rabbit before it got away - killing it (again) and sticking it in the pie shell once more.

But wouldn't you know it, they heard MORE knocking come from the oven. This time the farmer's wife opened the oven door, and out hopped that rabbit AGAIN! By this point, the farmer's wife was getting angry, so she took a stick and completely bashed the rabbit's head in, stuffed it back into the pie shell, and finally back into the oven.

But only seconds later, the knocking sounded AGAIN! This time when the farmers wife opened the oven door and the bunny came hopping out, the farmer waved her aside, opened the farm-house door, and let the animal go.

"Why did you do that?" cried the farmer's wife. "Now we don't have anything to eat for supper!"

"Let's face it," replied the farmer. "It was a hard rabbit to bake."