[nd]

That’s correct. It’s an image from “The Runaway Bunny”. The story has the baby rabbit changing shape to get away from the mother, and the mother changing shape to attract/get the baby rabbit. It sounds a bit violent in description, but it’s not when you read it.

So for example the baby turns to a fish, and the mother starts fishing; or —- and this captures the spirit better —- the baby to a climber and the mother to a mountain.

[LeifCarrotson]

My favorite pages were when the baby turned to a bird to fly away, and the parent became the tree the bird comes home to, and when the baby became a sailboat, and the parent became the wind that blows the boat where it needs to go. Not violent at all!

[divbzero]

When you describe that way it actually echoes actual parenting — trying to encourage autonomy while still guiding the child.