Oh little bunny come and play
It's Easter time so plan your day.
Please stop and put your candy sweet.
I've left a basket by the street
I love your eggs all colors there
Be sure to bring enough to share.
I'll pick the eggs out one by one
And hide them well until I'm done.
The children come from far and wide
To find the eggs I tried to hide.
And when the baskets are all full
We'll stop and say "Thank you to you".
Laying in a wicker basket
Are varied colored Easter eggs
Surrounded by milk chocolate
And jelly beans and root beer kegs.
Exploring closer you will see
Beneath the artificial grass:
Sidewalk chalk and marshmallow bees
A squirt gun and a movie pass.
You must keep searching deeper still
Until you find all that’s concealed:
Next you’ll find a treasury bill
And coupon for a Big Mac meal.
Now my little excavator
Have a very happy Easter.
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