WONDERLAND
EASTER PARTY
Flash fiction
It was that time of year
when the first drip of the icicles started.
The air would still be a
little on the cool side but not so cool that the first crocus would poke
through.
Spring was in the air and
the first thing to erupt out of a quiet winter slumber was Easter.
The rabbit dreaded this
time of year. The others would start stirring.
They would be expecting something from him.
Their Easter eggs and the
most thing they looked for in the world was the famous Easter egg hunt followed
by the wildest party ever. Each one to outdo the one before.
That wasn’t hard for the crazy
ones. The rabbit shivered just thinking about it.
He looked over at his
basket of eggs. Some were decorated and others were still waiting. He was
running out of time.
There was a basket of
pink eggs with purple polka dots. He shook his head and held up his purple
stained paw. Those darn little fairies liked those.
The mad hatter liked wild
colors splashed over his.
He sighed.
The first spring rain
came during the night. Rabbit could hear the rain outside. Spring was here. He
could even smell the rain air.
The fresh morning air
woke him up. He didn’t want to get up but there was eggs waiting to be finished
up.
He sat on his little
stool and munched on his carrot, grumbling to himself. He wondered if there was
a way he could get through this Easter without any crazy nonsense going on.
Then he heard something rumbling
outside. At first he thought it was distant thunder but no.
He looked up toward his
hole. It couldn’t be.
Then he knew. He could
hear some music. It wasn’t even officially Easter morning yet.
“Are you down there?”
He thought if he stayed
quiet, they would leave him alone. Then he heard this banging on his door.
“Wake up, we have a
surprise.”
Surprise? He shook his
head. Surprises meant crazy stuff would happen and erupt into all kind of crazy
nonsense.
No, he did not want
surprise.
He did not move. Soon
there was no more banging and no more yelling.
He went about finishing
his eggs and got them all done up quite fast.
He decided to poke his
nose out the hole. He sniffed something.
Finally he climbed out
and what he saw was unbelievable.
The entire forest was in
bloom. Spring had sprung overnight. The smell of wild flowers filled the air.
White fluff flew around
in the air. Fresh clover caught his attention. He raced for it and just rolled
in it and then took a nibble and another nibble. His favorite clover was all in
bloom.
That’s when he heard the
music and could see the procession. He would never make it back to his hole in
time to hide from them.
But he had to try. He
grabbed some clover and off he ran.
The mad hatter caught him
all but a couple of feet from his hole. He swung him in the air wishing him a
happy spring.
He hoisted him on the
back of his shoulders and proceeded to take him and the others to the middle of
a clearing where a long table was set up.
It was quite beautiful.
Crocus and wild tulip flowers were down the center.
Tiny plates were set for
everyone.
The fairies flew in with
food for everyone.
Rabbit could hardly believe
his eyes at all the work they had done. Maybe this party would be okay?
He should have known
better when the first one fell flat on his plate of berries. The wine had
flowed freely. Even the fairies were flying around in loops and flopping on the
flowers on the table passing out.
Rabbit was still
clutching his clover. The mad hatter had a strange companion with him. He wasn’t
sure if it was one of the Alice’s that he liked to keep company with sometimes.
In any case it was time
for him to leave and prepare for his delivery.
He got up quietly and
without much noise left them all behind.
But he only got a short
distance when the mad hatter caught up to him.
“I have an Easter gift
for you.”
He held it out to him.
Very carefully he took it and whispered thank you.
“Happy Easter rabbit. You
deserve something too.”
He nodded and hopped off
back to his hole.
It was a moonlit night
when he struck out with his baskets of eggs. All the creatures at the party
were sleeping now.
It would be safe.
He quickly dropped off
the fairies eggs and then off to the small creatures with their eggs.
The last was for the mad
hatter and he always left one for an Alice.
When he got to where the
mad hatter lived there was a small basket outside his house with a note attached.
It was to him. There was a bundle of carrots sitting amongst fresh clover.
He sniffed them and they
smelled wonderful.
It made him happy
He picked up the note and
read it.
Dear friend,
Hope your deliveries are
going well. I thought I would give you this small gift for you. I thought you
might get hungry along the way.
Signed,
The mad hatter.
It never amazed him that sometime
they could be kind.
He finished his
deliveries and went back home. He set his basket of carrots and clover down for
his morning breakfast. He still had his gift from the mad hatter yet.
He was tired but decided
to open it. Inside was a large egg decorated with a picture of him on the egg
with an inscription – to the best Easter rabbit ever… Love your crazy
wonderland friends.
He took his egg to his
bed and laid it beside him and drifted off to sleep with a smile on his face.
He mumbled something like
“Happy Easter you crazy wonderland.”
