There was once a woman who lived with her daughter in a beautiful cabbage garden " Ordered by her mother to drive away the rabbit who is eating up all their cabbages, our maiden obediently "shoo-shoos" the intruder. This is to no effect, and instead of continuing her efforts, she climbs upon the rabbit for a ride that ends in a most unexpected situation.

Animal guests are gathered and a wedding under way, as the maiden weeps. Ordered by the Rabbit to do what she will not, our bride-to-be takes matters into her own hands.

Caldecott Honor artist Holly Meade invokes the Brothers Grimm in a fairy tale she has made her distinctive own. Vibrant watercolors depict seemingly innocent events furthering the overall effect that this is no ordinary story.