Rerun: Paasbericht

Normaal gooi ik eens per twee, drie weken op donderdag een bericht van vorig jaar in de herhaling, maar omdat het Pasen is heb ik dat deze week omgewisseld. Vandaag dus een Paasberichtje van vorig jaar, aanstaande donderdag een nieuw bericht.

Wel krijgen jullie nog de goede antwoorden van de paasquiz van vorige week maandag. Vraag 1 was C, vraag 2 was A (vandaar dat wij nog steeds hebben over de Easter bunny, al is deze in Nederland veranderd in een haas, en er volop eieren zijn. Heeft allemaal met onze heidense voorouders te maken!), vraag 3 moest Ostara (C) zijn (hieruit zijn bv de Duitse en Engelse namen voor het Christelijke Pasen ontstaan: Oster en Easter) en bij vraag 4 was het antwoord B, de Romeinen. (De Romeinen verboden het heidense gebruik om elkaar eieren cadeau te geven namelijk. Omdat mensen dit nog steeds wilden blijven doen, gebeurde dit voortaan in het geheim. Vandaar dus het verstoppen!) 

Omdat het Pasen is deel ik vandaag het verhaaltje met jullie dat ik afgelopen week met mijn klassen behandelde. Lees, geniet en wees niet te scheutig met de chocolade eitjes. Vandaag mag het!

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The Bunny Tale

(by Del "Abe" Jone)

I thought it was a kitty cat

But saw it was a rabbit

He was hopping down the trail

And then he stopped to sit.

He looked back at me 

And wiggled his nose

Seems he wanted me to follow

So, I quickly arose.

I started down that trail

Amongst the forest's trees

As that rabbit scurried off

As quickly as you'd please.

He stopped at the next bend

He once more looked at me

And as I moved nearer

He turned once more to flee.

I moved deeper in the forest

It was dark and kinda silent

I looked around the trail's curve 

To see where that rabbit went.

He sat in an open clearing

Of clover covered ground

Amidst a group of creatures

That had gathered around.

They all watched me warily

But, they didn't turn to run 

The rabbit said, "Come join us.

Come join in our fun."

I asked, "How do you speak?

Am I losing my mind?

If I close my eyes and look again,

I wonder what I'll find?"

He said, "You're in our world now, 

And if you'll truly believe,

You will be amazed at things

Your heart and mind perceive."

"You will see life as it should be,

If you'll take the time to look.

You'll find all those stories true, 

As told in the fairytale book."

"You'll see we live in peace,

And nearly perfect harmony.

You'll learn what it really means

To be happy, safe and free."

I sat down with legs crossed 

And said, "Please tell me more.

This sounds like the very place

That I have been searching for."

"I'm tired of all the hassle

Of this world in which I live

Where they all think, I want to take, 

When I only want to give."

"It's a plastic/cardboard place

Where nothing's really real.

Where so many things are only said,

Without the will to feel."

"So, if I like it here with you 

Will I be able to stay?

Or will you force me to return

To where they play those games they play?"

He said, "Humans are so foolish!

They are filled with hate and greed

They rip the life from the Earth 

After they've planted its seed."

You say you want to stay with us

But, that can not be allowed,

For if we welcome one of you

Before long, there'll be a crowd."

"We will let you stay for awhile 

Try to teach you what we know

That this World can live in Peace

And then, you'll have to go."

But then I awakened

And realized, I'd dreamed

But I can't get over how real

That Easter Bunny seemed!