It was Easter in the gentile world in which little Droozy lived. Some kind soul gave her a red sugar Easter rabbit. It looked so delicious Droozy’s mouth watered. She would hold it and admire it for a while before she would unwrap the cellophane paper and take a lick of that delicious bunny.

While she happily looked at her gift a group of neighborhood girls invited her into a room in one of their houses “just to play”. She ascended a long flight of stairs with these children into an almost empty room. As soon as she entered they stole her rabbit from her and locked her into the place alone. Droozy was very frightened. She walked up and down and finally became tired and crouched into a corner where she sat with her head leaning on her arms. It seemed like forever that she was there. She thought of Mama and Papa and what they would say if she couldn’t be found. Big tears rolled down her face. She quietly sobbed and voicelessly spoke the words Mama and Papa over and over again, begging the invisible G’d to have them find her. It seemed like hours when she heard a key turn in the lock and the door was opened. She rushed down the stairs, down the tree-lined street into her familiar home. All the time that she was running she thought about her raspberry red rabbit who by now had surely been eaten by those thieves who had tricked and kidnapped her.

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Introduction
Pork Dumplings
Please Don't Eat the Goldfish
Pretty Shoes
Blueberry Cake
Sukkot
The Garden
Maxel
The Red Rabbit
Passover
The Lost Bathing Tickets
What Shall I Do?  The Double Message
Pieces of Gold
Aromas of the Sabbath
The Birth of a Brother
Green Apples
Herr Kübler
The Broken Leg
Boarding School
The American Calendar
Suse Puppe
Shirley Temple Eyes
Kristallnacht Nov. 9, 10, 11
Aunt (Tante) Mathilde
Ice Skates
The Cologne Cathedral
The Escape
A Belgian Holiday
Gas Balloons and the S. S. Washington
Papa
The Statue
A Bad Dream
A Pencil Thief
The West Virginia Hills
Thanksgiving
Ice Cream, Grieben and Baked Spaghetti
The Gypsy’s Song
Venetian Blinds
The Deaf One
Dimmed Lights
Marryyayo
Friendship
Norma Mae
The Spelling Bee
Run, Thief, Run!
Chances
The Candy Store
The Birthday Party
Deep, Shallow Waters
Red Riding Hood
Small Mama
Droozy In Love
Eskimo Pies
Apple Picking Time
Working Days
Easter Baskets
Valedictorian
Farewell
Blind Joe
Lessons Learned From Parents
About the Author