What kind of scary story does a mother rabbit tell her young bunnies at bedtime to give them goosebumps?
A hare-raising tale
The adjective 'hair-raising' refers to something frightening that makes a person's hair stand on end. Since a wild rabbit is called a 'hare,' substituting 'hair' with 'hare' forms a clever pun tailored to bunnies. The context of a spooky story told by a rabbit leads to this homophonic answer.
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