


Todd fell to the ground, attempting to catch the eggs is his hands again, but it was futile. At that moment, Todd felt weaker and smaller as his clothes changed to a twelve year old’s bunny-adorned sweater vest and khaki shorts. Todd had about six eggs in his hand, returning his clothes to normal, when they begin to slip and fall out of his hands. The now teenager began to fumble eggs in his hands while Billy and the other kids had made their way far out into the lawn with their Easter baskets, leaving few eggs for Todd to retrieve. “Billy, stop!” Todd yelled as he ran to participate in the hunt. Todd, twenty-one years old just moments before, was now a teenager. Or rather, he was starting to shrink! He couldn’t believe it! The Easter Bunny wasn’t bluffing. Todd noticed as his button-down shirt and pleated pants began to grow on his body. Billy, at age five, certainly wasn’t a track star, but he did begin to collect quite a couple around his feet. Todd was frantic as he noticed the young children, albeit very slowly, begin to collect the eggs. When he turned his attention back to the Easter Bunny, he noticed the woman was gone. Todd turned to discover that time was unfrozen and the hunt was about to begin. “On your marks, get set!” a voice shouted from behind Todd. Todd definitely didn’t want to agree to those terms. Perhaps, that will add a level of challenge.” Every egg that your nephew collects will make you one year younger and him one year older. “Every egg that you collect will make you one year older and your nephew one year younger. “Then we’ll make it more interesting,” the Easter Bunny said.

If these kids can manage to discern colored eggs, then it wouldn’t be especially hard for me.” Wouldn’t the hunt be more fun if you were participating?” “I think you need to rediscover their joy.

“I can tell your bored of the Easter traditions,” the Easter Bunny said. If time was frozen, then why couldn’t this strange Playboy Bunny be the real Easter Bunny? As ridiculous as it was, he decided to play along. Todd did have to admit that all of this was pretty irrational. “How else do you explain this?” the Easter Bunny asked. “I’m the Easter Bunny, of course,” she said. “Yeah, but I wanted it to go faster, not stop completely,” Todd responded. “I noticed you didn’t find much joy in the Easter Egg hunt,” the woman said. “What did you-” Todd began to ask, bewildered. But when he turned to talk to Melissa, he noticed that her and all of the club’s guests were stood completely still. Todd couldn’t believe that no one else had reacted to this inappropriate display, especially on one of the club’s most busy days. This woman was stood out in the open at their family’s country club in nothing but white lingerie with a bunny tail and bunny ears. Todd looked up from his phone and did a double take. Just then, someone tapped Todd on the shoulder. It was at this point that Todd had his eyes on his phone, just waiting for this thing to start so it could be over and done with. Some doofus in a ridiculous Easter Bunny costume came out to entertain the kids before the hunt even began. The kids simply had to run around like maniacs collecting as many eggs as they could, which was not an ideal Easter activity for Todd to watch. The eggs weren’t even hidden in challenging places for the children to find. It took a half hour for the event to even begin while the chaperones separated the eggs across the front lawn. But how come his parents couldn’t watch him? Why Melissa have to volunteer them? These kid’s events were agonizing to watch for Todd. Todd didn’t have anything against his nephew, of course. While everyone else in the family was drinking mimosas and catching up at the country club’s fancy brunch, his girlfriend Melissa had volunteered the two of them to watch his five year old nephew Billy participate in the club’s annual Easter egg hunt for the kids. Todd wished he was spending his Easter Sunday any other way.
