Watch Me Pull a Rabbit Out of My Hat!

    

Magic Hat Bunnies

  We are in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and I seem to be very good at avoiding the housecleaning projects with many other indoor distractions. (It is raining outside, or I would be looking for the chalk to make sidewalk doodles rather than, you know, yardwork!)

       So, something I have managed to accomplish is the setting out of our Easter decorations. And as you might guess, there is a story connected with most of them.

       When we moved to Dewey, Oklahoma in 1986, Sarah was 2 years old, and Amanda was fixin' to get born. Before using the fireplace in our new place, we decided to call a chimney sweep to clean the flue. I picked the Magic Hat Chimney Sweeps out of the phone book based solely on its name – gotta love the whimsy! A young man arrived with all the chimney sweep gear and a top hat.

       Sarah was entranced, and the sweep was quick to engage her. He did a magic trick wherein he pulled one of the bunnies you see here out of his hat! Sarah smiled and gave an “oooh” which prompted the chimney sweep to then perform a second magic trick wherein he pulled the second bunny from his hat! He told Sarah the bunnies were hers to keep. Then the man from the Magic Hat Chimney Sweep company cleaned our chimney while Sarah kept a close watch on him.

       These bunnies come out now at Easter time. They make me smile and always take me back to our house in Dewey and the young man with the top hat – I wonder what he is doing these days?

Easter 2019 Bunnies play Fight!

       Sarah’s son, Horatio, was seven years old last Easter. He has a game he calls “Fight” – it usually involves two of his toys fighting each other with very loud noises. Last year, for Easter, Mike and I made a video of the two Magic Hat bunnies fighting each other while making wild Horatio noises. And we sent the video to Horatio.

       Sarah and Horatio can have the bunnies if they would like them. But I’m hoping they will not ask for at least a few more Easters.

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