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OFESSOR BUMBLEBRAIN’S

easterWelcome, young

reader, to my absolutely bonkers comic about Easter. You may be wondering why I am

lurking in the wings of a theatre at the outset of this presentation.

Yep, it had crossed my mind.

Well, I will tell you. If I am to

present to you the full facts about this popular spring festival I will need

to correct the odd error or two along the way.

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One of which is the impression

that the most important thing about Easter is the Easter

Bunny and his Easter eggs.

It is high time that this

long-eared interloper was removed from being

centre stage.

Which is precisely what I am

about to do!

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Do you mind? I was just about to do my

pie‘ce de re,sistance,

balancing ten creme eggs on my nose and then

eating them one by one.

So that’s why you’ve put on

a bit of weight around the middle. How rude!

That’s muscle I’ll have you

know!

Enough of this banter. Sorry Mr Rabbit, but

the show’s over.

He’ll thank me

for it one day.

Don’t be so sure

about that, Professor.

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If you have an inquisitive mind like mine

then you will no doubt be asking yourself how, in fact, the Easter

Bunny came to be associated with this popular spring

festival.

Nope, not really. As long as I get my

Easter eggs, I couldn’t care less!

Nevertheless, I will tell

you anyway.

I thought you might.

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The Easter Bunny was originally not

a rabbit at all. It was, in fact, a hare.

Thanks for that. Now I feel

even more rejected.

It would appear that the Easter

hare …

Don’t keep

rubbing it in!

… originated in Germany, probably in

the 1500s, where stories were told of it laying eggs for children to find.

Yes, I know that hares don’t lay eggs, but please don’t blame me. I didn’t make up the story. Anyway, children believed

that if they were good the ‘Oschter Haws’ as he was known

would lay a nest of coloured eggs and leave them in baskets to be found when children awoke on

Easter day.

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