Our Angela had the kids up at the school on Tuesday for the Easter assembly. It was a fairly sedate affair - not like the state of chassis at the Christmas Fair, when I was roped into being Santy and ended up assaulted and mauled by a mad dog! I still wake up screaming in the night from it. I'm sure that I have post dramatic stress disorder. I'm going to make a claim when I get my strength back.
Anyway, at the assembly they sang a few hymns, did a bit of drama, and Father Collins gave a talk about the real meaning of Easter. (It's not easter eggs, apparently.) As part of his talk, he asked the kids a string of questions - audience participation, they call it. You know the kind of thing:
Q - 'Were all the apostles nice men?'
A - 'Nooooooo!'
(Judas must have been out of town when Jesus was doing the miracles, because he was obviously unconvinced, and planning on giving up discipling and on taking up being a publican or a tax collector or some similar villainy.)
Fr. C. asked the kids what was the VERY IMPORTANT THING that Jesus had told the Apostles to do at the Last Supper.
Angela said that her stomach took a lurch when she saw her kid Chandler's hand shooting up.
Chandler had never shown much of an interest in religion before, and Angela feared the worst. Chandler is about six or seven, but is as sharp as a fishmonger's knife.
'Yes,' said the Rev C., like the eejit that he is.
Chandler stood up in front of the whole school, teachers, parents, the lot - and not a bother on him.
'So what did Jesus say to the Apostles at the Last Supper,' Fr C. repeated the question for all clarity.
'He said: "Yis better get aroun' this side o' the table if yis want to be in the picture".'
Of course, I got blamed.
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