Sepulang sekolah, wajah Peri Novi murung. “Novi, ada apa? Apa ada kejadian buruk di sekolah?” tanya Peri Dinda. (After school, Novi looks sad. “Novi, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong at school?” asks Dinda.)
Peri Novi lalu bercerita. “Di sekolah, semua memelihara kelinci bertitik, Kakak. Teman-temanku membicarakan kelucuan kelinci bertitik. Aku merasa ditinggal sendiri. Aku juga ingin punya kelinci bertitik,” kata Peri Novi. (Novi says, “at school, everyone has a pet dotted rabbit, Sister. My friends are talking about how cute they are. I feel left out. I want to have dotted rabbit,” says Novi.)
Kelinci bertitik adalah kelinci kecil dengan bulu bertitik. Kelinci ini hanya ada di Negeri Peri, dan mereka dijadikan binatang peliharaan oleh para peri. (Dotted rabbit is a small bunny with dotted fur. This rabbit is only available in Fairy Land, where all the fairies have them as a pet.)
“Sebetulnya, aku juga sudah lama ingin memelihara kelinci bertitik,” kata Peri Dinda. “Kakak! Ayo, kita jadikan kelinci bertitik teman baru kita!” kata Peri Novi sangat gembira. (“Actually, I have been thinking of getting dotted rabbit as a pet,” says Dinda. “Sister! Come on, let’s make dotted rabbit our new friend!” says Novi happily.)
Peri Dinda dan Novi memelihara kelinci bertitik yang lucu, yang dinamai Kiti. Kini, Peri Novi tidak lagi sedih karena bisa membicarakan Kiti dengan teman-teman sekolahnya. (Dinda and Novi have a cute dotted rabbit named Kiti. Now, Novi is not sad anymore because she can talk about Kiti with her school friends. )
Suatu pagi, Peri Dinda dan Peri Novi melihat tanaman bunga di kebun mereka rusak. “Kakak, sepertinya ada yang makan tanaman bunga kita!” seru Peri Novi. Peri Dinda ngeri melihat tanaman bunga peri tetangga mereka juga rusak. (One morning, Dinda and Novi see their plants ruined. “Sister, looks like someone ate our plants!” says Novi. Dinda is scared seeing their neighbor’s plants also ruined.)
“Kiti! Hentikan!” seru Peri Dinda. Ternyata, Kiti yang merusak tanaman-tanaman bunga itu. Dia memakannya! Peri Dinda dan Novi segera memperbaiki tanaman-tanaman bunga milik mereka dan tetangga mereka. (“Kiti! Stop it!” says Dinda. Kiti is the one breaking those plants. He ate them! Dinda and Novi immediately fix their neighbor’s and their own plants.)
Ternyata, teman-teman sekolah Peri Novi juga mengalami masalah sama. Rupanya, kelinci bertitik adalah binatang penghuni Hutan Ajaib di Negeri Peri, dan tidak seharusnya dijadikan binatang peliharaan. “Hanya karena lucu, kita ingin memelihara mereka. Tapi itu tidak baik,” kata Peri Dinda. (Novi’s friends apparently experience the same thing. It turns out that dotted rabbit is the resident of Magic Forest in Fairy Land, and not to be used as a pet. “Because they’re cute we want to have them. But that’s not good,” says Dinda.)
“Kau benar, Kakak,” ucap Peri Novi setuju. Peri Dinda dan Novi mengembalikan Kiti ke Hutan Ajaib. Teman-teman Peri Novi di sekolah juga mengembalikan kelinci bertitik mereka. “Kita harus menghormati hak hidup binatang,” kata Peri Novi. “Betul sekali,” angguk Peri Dinda. (“You’re right, Sister,” says Novi agreeingly. Dinda and Novi return Kiti to the Magic Forest. Novi’s friends at school also return their dotted rabbit. “We have to appreciate animal’s right to live,” says Novi. “That’s so true,” says Dinda.)
Cerita: Seruni Ilustrasi: Novi Chrisna Translator: Listya
