The Easter Hare

I have been making a family of Hares for little Rosa who will be 3 years old on Easter Sunday. 

When her mum asked me to make some Easter bunnies, I told her about the story below. (I believe the author is unknown).

On Sunday, there will be 5 little Hares in Rosa's garden, she's been hearing the story for a few days now and I hope she will be very happy to find them.

Hope you enjoy the story too.

Happy Easter,

Yolanda

The Easter Hare

Once there was a father Easter hare and a mother Easter hare, who had seven hare children. One day the Mother said: "I wonder who will be the Easter Hare from now on?" "Me! Me! Me!", they all cried at the same time, but the Mother said, "Hush, hush... ". "The one who can bring their Easter egg safely to the children's garden and who can hide it well in the grass, will be the next Easter Hare" said the Father. 
Then the mother took a basket with seven eggs, and the father said to the eldest: “Take an egg out of the basket and carry it to the garden by the house where the many children live.” He took the pink egg. He hopped over the bridge, ran through the bush and came straight to the children's garden. There was a tall fence all around the garden. The hare made a big jump, but he jumped too high and when he landed on the other side the pink egg had broken.

He was not the true Easter Hare.

Now the second one has his turn. He took the blue egg, hopped over the bridge and into the bush. High up in a tree  there was a magpie. When she saw the hare with the egg she called out, 'Give me the egg, give me the egg!". Before the hare knew what was happening to him, the magpie had flown down and taken the egg in her beak and had carried it up to the nest. When the Mother heard about this she said, "You will have to wait a little longer to be the Easter hare".

The third hare took the purple egg and hopped over the bridge and into the bush. There he met a friend who said, "Let's wrestle and play a little while". Before long they had wrestled and played, rolling along the ground until they rolled right over the purple egg and broke it!. He was also not the true Easter hare.

 The Mother Hare was not pleased about this and she gave the next egg to the fourth hare. This was a chocolate egg. The hare carried the egg over the bridge and into the bush. Just then the squirrel came running down from the tall fir tree, opened his eyes wide and asked, “Does it taste good?” “I don’t know, I want to bring it to the children” ” Oh just let me taste it!” The squirrel licked it and the hare licked a bit more... until they realized, they had eaten all of the egg! When the hare came home with a ring of chocolate around his little whiskers the Mother said, "You will have to wait a little longer too until you can be the Easter hare."

The next hare took the speckled egg. On the middle of the bridge he looked down into the sparkling water watching the little fishes swimming merrily to and fro. Rolllll... Plop! The egg fell out of the hare's paws and into the water and floated down the river. He surely could not be the Easter hare either.

 

Now it was the six one’s turn. He took the yellow egg. He ran over the bridge and there he met the fox, who said, “Oh, come home with me into my cave and show the lovely egg to my children”. The little fox children began to play with the egg, when it hit a stone and was broken. The hare ran quickly to his house, with his ears hanging down. He was also not the true Easter hare.

The last and youngest hare took the golden egg. He run over the bridge where he met the fox, the little hare made a few long leaps and went further and never look down into the river. He hopped into the bush and when the squirrel came and begged for the egg, he said, "I have no time, I have something very important to do" And hopped on. Then he met a friend who wanted to play, but this hare said, "I have no time, I have something very important to do". When the magpie called from the nest, "Give me the egg!" the hare held onto his golden egg tightly and so he finally arrived at the garden. He jumped over the fence, not too high and not too low, just right. He landed softly in the grass on the other side and carefully laid the egg in a nest which the children had made for it. 

When he returned home his Mother and Father were very pleased and said:

 "This year you will be the Easter Hare." 

The children were very happy too. They came running into the garden and when they found the golden egg hidden in the grass they exclaimed, "Hurray! It's Easter time again!"

 

  

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Yolanda