easter surprise

well, here is the promised post about the saturday before easter. i'll try to keep it short and to the point (yeah, right). the doggies in our organisation have decided to bring the easter bunny to 23 orphan children in an orphanage some 30 km from town. so, on saturday we (four small cars of people involved in the project) arrived in the village, to one of the houses (they live in 3 separated houses) in whose yard the kids were assembled. it was a bright, warm and sunny day, as an easter day should be.

we had one of the guys dress up in a tweety costume. the bunny one had been already rented out, but the kids were delighted nevertheless. they had all written letter to the easterbunny the week before, letters who had reached us, so their presents contained what they had wished for. then we played some outdoor games with the kids. the child with the most beautiful letter from each house received a prize, so did the boy with the most honest letter (he had admitted to being bad and promised in front of everyone to better his behaviour). then each child told tweety a poem or sang him a song - the best performances in each category also received prizes. each house also received a bunny to take care of. the crowning was a huge cake with a bunny face on it.

this is to-the-fact report. the other, subjective one... is hard to put in words and would sound pathetic. those who know me know that i am not particularly fond of children. however, imagine being in an orphanage and hearing a poem about 'mother's bright face' and 'dad's embrace'. imagine reading a wishlist from a child and expecting to find sweets and toys on it and instead finding a wish to make up with an absent mother and asking for forgiveness for whatever the fault was. i will stop here. those who have ears, shall hear. maybe they'll listen too.

ps: the pic is of the dalia, the teddy her prize for poem reciting. the boy in the background is mihai, the boy who admitted he was wrong and the girl is zena, who loves school more than holiday and wants more english classes as she loves the language.