Return to Tomorrow (1990)
“AHNLE SAID, repeating Rachel’s words as best she could.
Rachel laughed at the fractured pronunciation. “No, Ahnle. It’s Ea-ster Bun-ny,” she repeated, enunciating each syllable with exaggerated care.
“Eei-star Bun-y.” Ahnle made a second attempt.
“Close enough.” Rachel went back to her task of stirring hard-boiled eggs in the cups of food coloring dyes that she’d received in a package of Easter goodies from her mother. She’d been hoarding her ration of hen’s eggs, one per day, for a week. She’d... also traded some of the gaily wrapped Easter candies in the package to a woman from Ahnle’s village who kept chickens in bamboo cages outside her hut for five more. Now she had an even dozen, two for each color of dye, the smallest amount you could decently color—at least according to Rachel’s mother.
“Do bun-nies lay eggs in America?” Ahnle asked in her careful English. Her tone said she wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they did.
“No.” Rachel racked her brain for a simple explanation for the tradition of coloring chicken eggs and having them delivered by way of basket-carrying rabbits.MoreLess
Rachel laughed at the fractured pronunciation. “No, Ahnle. It’s Ea-ster Bun-ny,” she repeated, enunciating each syllable with exaggerated care.
“Eei-star Bun-y.” Ahnle made a second attempt.
“Close enough.” Rachel went back to her task of stirring hard-boiled eggs in the cups of food coloring dyes that she’d received in a package of Easter goodies from her mother. She’d been hoarding her ration of hen’s eggs, one per day, for a week. She’d... also traded some of the gaily wrapped Easter candies in the package to a woman from Ahnle’s village who kept chickens in bamboo cages outside her hut for five more. Now she had an even dozen, two for each color of dye, the smallest amount you could decently color—at least according to Rachel’s mother.
“Do bun-nies lay eggs in America?” Ahnle asked in her careful English. Her tone said she wouldn’t be a bit surprised if they did.
“No.” Rachel racked her brain for a simple explanation for the tradition of coloring chicken eggs and having them delivered by way of basket-carrying rabbits.MoreLess
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