Bounding

I stepped outside to stretch and to think about a presentation I'll be giving soon, when movement caught my eye.  First, a very small rabbit emerged from the shrubs and went bounding along to the right at a very fast pace and then dove under a different shrub.  Hmmph, I thought, I don't often see Brush Rabbits that small, and it was really moving quickly.  

I had just started to ponder it, but then another movement caught my eye in the first location...a weasel!  The weasel appeared where I had first seen the rabbit, then went bounding along the exact same route, paused, and then dove into the same bush as the rabbit!  Now what was going to happen?  

Out burst the rabbit, running back in the opposite direction (to the left).  And you guessed it, the weasel followed again.  But it didn't seem to know where the rabbit had ended up.  The weasel kept hunting around the bushes, so although I didn't have a camera with me at first, I still managed two quick photos when I returned.  And then both the weasel (and the rabbit) disappeared.  

A few moments of excitement!  It made me laugh a bit, as it was almost like a cartoon...although maybe not as funny for the bunny, although it did escape!  (I'm wondering if this was a juvenile weasel?  It looked a little smaller and paler than usual.)