A Quacklin Easter by Jacqueline Gibbs (english reading book TXT) 📕

I walked to the front of the church to put my money in the basket. Everything after then seemed to go so fast. The money was collected and they were calling the children up one by one to say our Easter speeches.

"To the birthday girl, Cherry Quack." The church yelled as I walked to the front of the church to say my speech. It wasn't in my speech, but I wanted tell everyone thank you for remembering my birthday. "Thank you, everybody, and God has risen on Easter Sunday, he loves us all big and small. Thank you. Amen." My speech was over and everyone stood to their feets clapping and taking pictures. I was excited and glad that it was over. As I got to the 3rd row, both my parents said I had done a wonderful job. There was four more children left to do speeches and we were done. Albert, Jane, Mary, and Kathy all said their speeches and we were done. Now the pastor told everyone that Mrs. Quack had something new and exciting planned and for everyone to stand and clap. I stood in shock as mommy approach the front of the church. She told everyone about my birthday and to follow her. Daddy leaned to his left and told me to hold Charles hand and for all of us to follow him. We followed daddy through the kitchen, round back into the church back yard.

All the church members was ahead of us, walking fast and some running. Daddy had me, Charles and Sally the last ones heading back. As I step my foot outside the whole church was outside yelling, "Surprise!!!!!" It was all decorated with pink birthday decors and I was amazed. Balloons, easter baskets, a bucket with some apples, and lots of things going on in the back, and I looked over and a table with a huge cake and my name spelled on it. Mommy and everyone said their happy birthdays and told all the children what we were about to do. We were having a easter egg hunt. There was eggs hidden all over the back and we had to find the most at the sound of the horn. Everyone got in line and then the preacher said, "one, two, three." and the horn blew. We ran all over the back yard, I looked and looked and I couldn't find not one easter egg. I was getting upset because everyone had a basket with atleast one egg, and I was the birthday girl and I didn't have not one egg in my basket. "Come on children find those eggs." We heard another voice coming from an adult. I still didn't give up, so I continued to look. I was getting upset so I headed to the front where my mom was at and I ran into Sally. "How many eggs you have Cherry?" Jumping up and down full of excitement. "I have none." "Dont look so sad, where did you look." I told Sally I had looked everywhere and no luck. Sally was starting to get sad because I was sad. "Sit down, sit now." So me and Sally sat and she began to tell me she had 9 eggs and she will share half with me. I was excited so I jumped up off the ground. "Sit and husssshhhh." I sat back down and she poured all of her eggs out of her basket and counted one for me and one for her, one for me and one for her. Then she was all done and said, "count how many you have Cherry." I counted five and told her I had five eggs. "I have 5 too,so I musta' had 10 and not 9." So we counted the eggs again and again. We were right Sally had found 10 eggs and now was sharing half with me. I had 5 and she had 5.

I got up quickly and grabbed Sally hand and headed to where ma and pa was at. "Ma, Ma, daddy, daddy, guess how many we have?" On my way running up to my mommy I stumbled over something, so I looked down and it was two more eggs, I had finally found something an egg all by myself. So I called Sally to hurry and catch up. She came running as fast as she could, "look, look what I found." I showed her the two eggs, one pink and the other yellow with a blue star. Blue is Sally favorite color so I decided to share mines with her. I handed Sally the yellow one and I kept the pink one. By the time we were done sharing our parents were in front of us. I told my mommy how Sally had shared all of eggs with me and now I was sharing my two with her. They then called everyone to the front to collect a prize for whoever had found the most.

It was 9 of us competing and we all came to the first as my mom and dad and the pastor and his wife count the eggs. They counted each child one by one when they got to me I had 5 + 1 that I found and that made 6, they did the same with Sally and she had 6. We both grabbed hands and started smiling because at this point we had the most eggs. Then Erica she was an 8 yr old girl, we heard them say 6, 7, 8 and 9. Wow she had found 9 eggs she had to be running all around and everywhere. Then Johnathan he had only found 3. So they announced Erica as the winner and crowned her head with an easter basket and wrap a ribbon around her waist with number 1 on it. I was upset, I really thought me and Sally had found the most eggs, but how and when did someone get a chance to beat Sally.

Then they lead everyone to the outside sink and we washed our hands and prepared for some cake and ice-cream as everyone sang happy birthday to me. I was no longer sad, but happy. All the attention was now back on me and I love it. One by one everyone came to the front where I was standing and they handed me a card along with either a gift or money. I was rich, by the time they finish I had collected atleast 7 gifts and $34 and two huge bunnies. I was loving it everything all for me, just because I was 6 yrs old. We heard them telling each child after getting cake and ice cream to procede to the benches and have a seat. I was the birthday girl, so I was served first and it was brought to my table in a crown plate. I sat next to Sally and my brother and three more of our close friends at church. "Did you see my gift, and did you like it?" Jessica screamed to me. I didn't know what Jessica had gotten me, all the gifts that was wrapped stayed wrapped. So she began to tell me she got Candyland. That was my favorite game, and two Sundays ago it was damaged in the rain, and she remembered. I leaned across the table and gave her a big hug. Of course I knew Sally had gotten me the huge bunny and gave $10 in a card. Her family always gave me money every year for my birthday and Christmas.

Cake and Ice cream time was over and we were starting to play dunk the head in the bucket. We were dunking our heads in a bucket and trying to pick up an apple. We had to pick the most in less than a minute. This was my favorite game, I love it. I was first to dunk in the bucket since it was my birthday. I heard the buzz go off and I started dunking my head and opening my mouth. When my minute was up they said I had pulled 4 apples out of the bucket. "Way to go Cherry!" someone from behind yelled. They went to the next child and the next and the next, til every child was done. I heard Mr. Brown start counting all the apples that was in front of each child. "And we have four right here where the birthday girl is at......Cherry....way to go!!!! Everyone screamed and screamed and I was excited I head over by Mr. Brown and got my fake trophy and my ribbon and I was excited I won something all by myself.

My birthday was fun and exciting and I was getting tired. Church was over and all the activities as well. Each parent grabbed their child and we all headed back to the seat and washed our hands. We all met up inside the church where we said our closing prayer and ended the day. I loved our ending day prayer we all held hands and then say Amen. I wanted Sally to spend the night, so I ask mama if Sally could stay my birthday night with me, since there was no school tomorrow. "Cherry you have to ask her parents if she could stay." "Ok, I be right back." I headed over to Sally and asked if she wanted to stay at my house, "yes yes yes, ask my mama." "I am, hold on." "Mrs. Ducky, can Sally come and stay with me tonight please." "Is it ok with your mom?" "Yes my mother told me to come ask your permission." "Yes, but she has to come home and get some clothes." I grabbed Mrs. Ducky by her waste and told her thank you. My mother was approaching and I told her the good news. My parents agreed to follow the Ducky's home and stop and get Sally some clothes. We all hung around church til our parents was ready. "You children can go outside, we all most done in here." "I race you." Charles yelled to me and Sally. We all ran from the front of the church til we got outside and Sally won the race this time. "Hahahaha, you didn't win you cheater." "So what I can beat you." Charles lashed back at me. He was upset because he lost the race. "I race you to the car." "No, mama said stand out front." So we all stood in front of the church saying cheers and playing hand games til our parents were ready.

"Come on kids," mama said as she pointed towards the car for all of us to go get into. Me and Sally skipped to the car singing Old Miss Muffet. "Ok girls lets quiet down some." mommy said. We got in one by one and my dad and mom buckled up our seat belts. On our way to Sally for her clothes. We were tired because before I knew it, I heard mommy calling Sally to get up and go inside. I had to use the bathroom, so I ask my dad if I could go inside. Daddy came on Sally side of the car and let Sally and I out and went to the door and ask Mrs. Ducky if I could use her bathroom. "Why of course darling." So I followed Sally and her parents in and ran to the bathroom. I was done and Sally and her mom was in her room and daddy and her dad was in the kitchen talking. I followed the girls to Sally room. "Wow Sally, your room is pretty." "Thank you, and yours is too." Sally had gotten new wall stickers of little pink and blue puppies. She love puppies so her room was surround in stuff puppies and lots of stickers. Her mom packed her clothes and her boe boe's and told her