The Easter rabbit is ill

It is the week before Easter and Ben

Hopswood, the Easter rabbit, is very sad. He has got the flu and must stay in bed. His house is full of red, blue,yellow, pink and green Easter eggs. They are in each room of his house. They are on the table, on the shelves, in the fridge, in the cupboards, on the chairs and on the sofa.

Every year Ben hides the Easter eggs for the children. But this year Ben cannot do it because he is ill. He asks his cousin Jim, the Easter bunny,  for help. Jim wants to help him, but he cannot do this all alone, because he must also hide eggs for the children in his village.

“I need some more help“ Ben thinks. “I cannot ask the hens because they are too weak. I cannot ask the wolf. He would eat the eggs. I cannot ask the cat. She would play with the eggs. Who can help me?“ Ben thinks and thinks and then he´s got an idea. „I could ask the squirrels for help. They are good at hiding

their nuts. Maybe they will help me.“

Ben sends Lizzie, the hen, to the squirrels.

They live on the big trees in the wood.

A squirrel is looking down from a tree.

“Hi, Lizzie! What´s up?“ And Lizzie tells them that the Easter rabbit is ill. “Ben needs your help. He cannot hide the Easter eggs for the children because he´s got the flu. Could you help him, please?“ says Lizzie. The squirrels like Ben Hopswood and want to help him. They love the idea of hiding eggs.

On Easter Sunday the squirrels go to Ben very early in the morning. They take the Easter eggs and and go to the park. There they hide the eggs for the children.

Jim, the Easter bunny, hides the eggs in the gardens. He hides them behind the trees, in the grass and under the bushes.

 Later in the morning the children can find eggs in their gardens. But the children cannot find eggs in the park. They think that there are no Easter eggs in the park this year. But there are a lot of eggs. They are high up in the trees and deep down in the ground.

Squirrels can really hide things very well !!!

Answer the questions!

1 Why cannot Ben hide the easter eggs?
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2 How does ben feel?
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3 What animals cannot help him?
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4 Who goes to the squirrels?
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5. When do the squirrels hide the eggs?
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