Hello! Sorry I've been gone so long. I was deeply involved in an evangelistic play at my church where about 40 people responded to the altar call to either ask Jesus intoi their hearts for the first time, or to rededicate themselves to Christ. I've also been very busy with other things including trying to help my younger sister get a vehicle of her very own, and beginning to prepare for a Veggietales event at my church next month. On top of it all, I went back to Pennsylvania to say goodbye to one of my old high school friends who died last week. I'll really miss Darnelle Packard, who knew how to be a friend to just about anyone.
Anyway, I'm back. In response to my sister's request, here are some Easter stories. They could also be classified as "Funny Bunny" stories. The second when is actually a sequel to a previous "Funny Bunny" story. If you've not read it before, you can look through my archives and find it pretty easily. Just look for the Funny Bunny stories and the follosing posts. Back to today's stories! Here they are! Imagine your favorite newscaster saying...
"Bunny Blues"
In Easterville, Missouri, a young child was very upset on Easter morning to find that there was no Easter basket for him. He was even more upset to find out that there were some very full baskets for his siblings. His parents were very confused about this. They told the little boy, who doesn’t want anybody to know his name, that they had met with the Easter Bunny during the night, and they knew that there had been a basket for him. They were totally astounded that there was no basket for him.
Well, as some young children do, he began to cry and was almost ready to start throwing a fit when his father noticed a wrapper on the floor. "Wait a minute!" he said. "What’s this?"
He went over and looked at it, and he also noticed that it wasn’t the only wrapper. In fact, there was a trail of wrappers. The boy exclaimed, "That’s it! Someone stole my basket, and they’re eating my candy!" With that, he cried harder.
As the boy’s mom tried to console him, his father followed the trail to see what he would find. He followed the trail out the back door, and out toward a thicket behind the house. He decided to approach the thicket very slowly and quietly. He gently peered into the thicket where he could easily make out the sound of munching and smacking lips. He saw something that he never would have expected. In that thicket, was a bunny that was eating the boys candy.
Well, the father was really angry. He reached into the thicket quickly and grabbed the bunny by the ears and pulled him out into the open. The bunny, now sluggish from all the candy he had eaten, yelled in surprise at being discovered. The father asked him, "What do you think your doing?"
The bunny, considerably scared in his condition responded hesitantly, "Well, uh, I’m eating my Easter candy. Yeah, that’s it. I’m eating my Easter candy."
"No you’re not. You’re eating my sons Easter candy."
The bunny, realizing his wrong humbly apologized, and confessed that the father was right. As it turns out, the bunny was jealous of human children getting candy on Easter, while a bunny got all the credit for giving it to them, and he never got a single piece. As soon as he was forgiven, the bunny quickly rushed to a supermarket, and bought more candy so that the boy would have his candy. The bunny also promised that he would never do it again.
When everything was done, and the bunny went home, the little boy asked his father, "Daddy, was that the Easter Bunny?"
His dad didn’t have a good answer, and we can only speculate.
"Imposter!"
In Hopsville, Maryland, children were very excited to be meeting the Easter Bunny at the local Wal-Mart. However, it only lasted for a very short period of time. There was one little boy who started asking questions. "How come you’re so short?"
The Easter Bunny responded, "Well, a bunny can only grow so tall you know. We can’t all be six feet tall like they show in the cartoons. That’s just television, and you can’t believe everything that you see on television."
The boy wasn’t satisfied. "I think it’s because you’re not the real Easter Bunny!" The boy leaned in and looked closer. "You’re really the bunny who robbed the store! That’s who you are!"
"Oh come on, that was like six months ago." Suddenly, the bunny realized what he was saying. "Ok, Ok, kid. Now you’ve ruined everything. I’ve been trying to turn over a new leaf and do my best to help the community, and then you had to tell everyone who I am. Yes, that’s right everyone, I’m the infamous Robert Bunny. Yes, I stole all of the cheese in a can from this Wal-mart. There kid, are you happy now. Everybody knows now. Are you happy!"
The child was very quiet. His little lip started to push out and quiver, and tears started to come out of his eyes. "He suddenly yelled out, "I want the Easter Bunny! WAAAAAAH! Where’s the Easter Bunny?!"
Robert Bunny hit his head with his hand and started to look around. He asked, "Now what am I supposed to do?!"
The little boy cried harder.
A police officer started to walk over toward them. "Oh no. Here we go again." said Robert Bunny. He turned and ran away before the officer could get there. The little boy, very distraught, grabbed the officers leg and cried harder.
As it turns out, Robert bunny just can’t stay out of trouble. Police are now asking that you keep you’re eyes open for Robert Bunny. He’s reported to be about 8 to 10 inches tall, wearing a brown fur coat, and he has a white circle around his eye. He may also be dressed up like the Easter Bunny. If you see him, you should call Hopsville police at 555-1234.
