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Today's Tales is Bernie the Easter Bunny.... A week or so ago I noticed a new family of rabbits in the field behind my house with the young ones frolicing in the field, racing around, and chasing each other much as any children might do. However, this family was unusual because one of the young ones is black. He can't hide like the others as he sticks out like a sore thumb, so I've been concerned as to his safety, since we have all sorts of predators for a small bunny, such as the hawks, and the foxes, well even my own cats might notice that little one sittingas he does on the side of the hill facing my garden. Anyway, he has been christened Bernie by me. It is this little Bernie that the tales are about...there are more tales to come. I've already unsuccessfully tried to get a photo of him for you to see, but my camera is not good at long distances. I will keep trying though. However, I have put a picture of Little MO above for you to see! The tales are the stories of Little Black Bernie. Do visit my site for more of them as he grows up. The sound and E-Book files will soon be online too.

Bernie was chasing his best friend Little Mo across the field behind my house when we all saw it. There was this amazing flash of light, then, right in front of the gorse bush, which was next to the Magpie's home, there appeared an apparition. Not, I might add, the usual kind of apparition, but a very extraordinary one instead. For there she stood. The whitest, largest, and most beautiful sheep you could imagine, and on her neck she wore a gorgeous emerald which dangled from a golden chain. Well, stunned and quite shaken, both Little Mo and Bernie stopped dead in their tracks to stare at her, both totally speechless.

With mouths and eyes wide open, the two friends stood silently looking at her. I didn't hear a thing, though they both postiively declared afterwards that the sheep actually spoke to them, but all I noticed was that the light around her seemed to wave about rather a lot before she disappeared.

Anyway, according to Bernie, she looked at him and smiled, then began to speak, saying, " You are a very special Bunny Rabbit Bernie. In all of creation there is life in many forms, many creatures too, but none so lucky as you today. You are going to lead the world in a new era. The time of Fluffy Tails is about to begin". Well, Bernie didn't have a clue what she was talking about, but was far to polite to interrupt or ask, so he just carried on politely standing there with his little head bowed in case she was a mighty Queen or someone important like that.

The misty light around the Sheep swirled as she spoke, this time reaching out towards Bernie, as she laid her foot gently on Bernie's head. " Don't be afraid, little friend, you have been chosen for a mighty task, but we all have great faith that you, one of our gentlest creatures, can accomplish it. When I leave you, you are to look under the old log next to the gorse bush. Take what you find there and place it outside the door of the first house you come to in the village. Remember, each time you put it down at the door of a house wait until your next one appears. It will do, you'll see. Then carry on taking them to each house in the village. When you are finished give your last one to another rabbit to take on to the next village where they are to do the same. Happy Easter Bernie," she said smilingly as she began to fade away.

My goodness Bernie and Little Mo were quite overcome. Needless to say they rushed to look under the old log, just like the sheep had said to do. What do you think they found there? Well, I can tell you they were quite surprised to find nothing but a small bird's egg. However, Bernie thought it would be fun to try doing what he'd been told , so he and his friend set off to leave it outside Lilac Cottage, the first house they had come to, which was the home of Megan and her brother Ian. They put the egg down beside the front door. It seemed this was going to be an easy task, since once the egg was placed by the door, they could just be on their way and go back to their game of Tig, but, no, nothing was going to be that easy. Oh, No, not that easy at all. No sooner had the egg touched the ground by the children's front door, than another egg appeared in Bernie's paw. "Oh, my, said MO, looks like we really are going to have our work cut out for us this time, Bernie."

From house to house they went with the eggs appearing in Bernie's hand every time he deposited one outside each door, until finally, they came to the last house in th village. Bernie placed the egg at its front door, then as he turned round he noticed Danny, the youngest son of Mrs. Ruby rabbit. He turned to Danny, called him over, and told him to take the egg as fast as he could to the next village where he was to place it at the first house he came to. "I don't think I can do that, Bernie, because my mum will be wooried if I'm gone as long as that" "Oh, don't worry, Danny, I'll pop over to see your mother right now. She won't mind a bit. I'll explain it all to her"

Well, Danny was a bit of a lazy fellow, but he did as he was asked and in no time at all he had delivered eggs to every single house. Then he passed the job on to another rabbit, and so it went on until every house in the whole world had an egg left ouside its door. Now, here is the really amazing thing about it all. When morning came and each front door was opened, low and behold, on every single front doorstep was, not just any egg, but the most beautiful Chocolate Easter egg anyone had ever seen, and guess what? Even Bernie and Mo had a chocolate Easter egg sitting outside their own front door.

All over the world children were delighted with their eggs. However, the really wonderful thing about this tale is what happened to the rabbits, for from that day on Rabbits everywhere became famous for their amazing deliveries of Easter Eggs once a year at Easter time. Even to this very day Easter eggs are delivered by the Easter Bunny. Bernie, of course was the most famous Easter Bunny of them all because he was the first Easter Bunny as well as being the only one to whom the Magical Sheep had spoken

There are more Berie and Mo Tales to come. I'm just a bit slow getting them uploaded.