by Rochelle Ratner
A German man has taken legal action against the
Easter Bunny for grievous bodily harm.
Ananova, April 12, 2006
Because, when he was six or seven, his aunt and uncle gave
him this huge chocolate egg filled with all sorts of wrapped
candies. Because, possibly before that, someone he doesn't
remember bought him an egg of hardened sugar which had
a religious scene inside; being Jewish, he looked once, then
started eating. Because there were chocolate bunnies and
white chocolate bunnies half price after Easter and both
his parents loved a bargain. Because his mother would
playfully scatter those little eggs wrapped in colored foil
throughout his lunch box. Because there were baskets with
fake grass hiding other candies, almost a mini Easter Egg
hunt. Because the dye would sometimes seep through the
shell and onto the egg, so to this day he only eats egg yolks.
Because even now he craves chocolate.
Rochelle Ratner's books include two novels: Bobby's Girl (Coffee House Press, 1986) and The Lion's Share (Coffee House Press, 1991) and sixteen poetry books, including House and Home (Marsh Hawk Press, 2003) and Beggars at the Wall (Ikon, October 2005). More information and links to her writing on the Internet can be found on her homepage: www.rochelleratner.com.