Shivel: Bonnie had something which Clyde completely lacked. Style. And she was also far more intelligent than he was. Without her, there never would have a legend. He was just a rather stupid hoodlum who got into difficult situations almost by accident and then started shooting wildly. She was a much warmer, more generous person.

　　Interviewer: But she could be very ruthless, couldn’t she? I mean what about that policeman she shot in Grapevine, Texas? Didn’t she laugh about it?

　　Shivel: Well, first of all, we don’t know if that’s what actually happened. A farmer says he saw her shoot the second policeman and then laugh. That’s the only evidence we have that she actually did that. But even if the story is true, the whole incident illustrates this warmer, almost motherly, side to her character.

　　Interviewer: Motherly? How does the incident of shooting a policeman illustrate that she was motherly?

　　Shivel: Well ... uh ... just let me finish. You see, the day before the shooting, Bonnie and Clyde were driving about with a pet rabbit in the car. Bonnie’s pet rabbit. Clyde started complaining because the rabbit stank. So they stopped and washed the rabbit in a stream. The rabbit almost died because of the shock of the very cold water. Bonnie got very worried, and wrapped the rabbit in a blanket and held it close to her as they drove on. Then, the next morning, when the rabbit still wasn’t any better, she made Clyde stop and build a fire. She was sitting in front of that fire, trying to get rabbit warm when the two policemen drove up and got out. Probably the policemen had to idea who was there. They just wanted to see who was burning a fire and why. A moment later, as we know, they were both dead. All because of that pet rabbit which Bonnie wanted to mother. And ... uh ... perhaps ... in a strange way, Clyde was something like a pet rabbit, too. She was attracted to him because he was weaker than she was and needed someone to mother him. It’s strange, you know, but strong, intelligent women are often attracted to such men ... weaker than they are ... men who are like children, or pet rabbits.

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