The Golden Easter Eggs

Once upon a time there was a family that lived on a farm. They were not making ends meet. It seemed that every time the farm was about to make money, some of the crops would die or some of the animals would get sick.

Joey and Anna were the son and daughter of the farm owner, Mr. Noluck.

One early Easter morning, Joey and Anna were playing in the field down near the stream. They were hunting for rocks to take down to the stream to try and skip across the water. This was one of the favorite pastimes. Joey was looking around the base of an old dead tree, when he noticed a small white rabbit. The rabbit hopped into a hole and disappeared. Joey and Anna sat around waiting for the rabbit for about an hour, but he would not come back out of his burrow.

As they were about to get back to looking for rocks to skip in the water, they noticed a bright green basket filled with candy and golden eggs sitting at the other end of the big dead tree log. They ran over and grabbed the basket. They ran home to show it to their father.

When they got back up to the house, Mr. Noluck was sitting on the front porch with a sad look on his face. It seems that all of his crops had died again this year. He was not a good farmer.

Mr. Noluck said, "Hi kids. What have you been doing?" "We were down near the stream looking for skipping rocks and we found this basket," said Anna. "What is in the basket?" asked Mr. Noluck. "Some candy and some golden eggs," said Joey. "That looks like some pretty good stuff," said Mr. Noluck. "Do you think the Easter Bunny left it there for you?" he asked the children. He was trying to act interested even if he was upset about the thought of having to move back to the city and get a job in a factory. He really hated city life. That is why he had moved the family to the farm three years ago to try his hand at farming.