<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b>Meeting the Easter Bunny</b><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div><div>by Rowena Bennett</div><div><br></div><div>On Easter morn at early dawn</div><div>before the cocks were crowing</div><div>I met a bob-tail bunnykin</div><div>and asked where he was going.</div><div>"Tis in the house and out the house</div><div>a-tispy, tipsy-toeing,</div><div>Tis round the house and 'bout the house</div><div>a-lightly I am going."</div><div>"But what is that of every hue</div><div>you carry in your basket?"</div><div>"Tis eggs of gold and eggs of blue;</div><div>I wonder that you ask it.</div><div>"Tis chocolate eggs and bonbon eggs</div><div>and eggs of red and gray,</div><div>For every child in every house</div><div>on bonny Easter day."</div><div>He perked his ears and winked his eye</div><div>and twitched his little nose;</div><div>He shook his tail -- what tail he had --</div><div>and stood up on his toes.</div><div>"I must be gone before the sun;</div><div>the east is growing gray;</div><div>Tis almost time for bells to chime." --</div><div>So he hippety-hopped away.</div></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>