Clannad 11 and The Dandelion Girl

Just watched the latest episode of Clannad; in the episode, Kotomi says a line about seeing a rabbit and a dear and then Tomoya. taelrak, in the comments at Random Curiosity pointed out that the line came from a short story called "The Dandelion Girl" by Robert Young. Looks to be an interesting story that may relate to Kotomi's arc...