The Green Menorah Saves the Day
- epsteinbergloff
- Dec 24, 2016
- 3 min read
IS THIS A BONUS STORY FOR THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANUKKAH?
WHY YES...YES IT IS.
Happy Hanukkah to all!
THE GREEN MENORAH SAVES THE DAY
It’s the first night of Hanukkah
and everything’s set,
but there are no candles…
We can’t light the menorah yet!
“Who can possibly help us?”
Mom woefully asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
He stands tall and proud,
with his hands on his hips,
and his Mom looks at him
with a smile on her lips.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
He runs to get candles
and says with a bow,
“I’ll put these in the menorah,
so we can light the first candle now.”
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
It’s the second night of Hanukkah,
and we’re ready to play,
but Dad steps on the dreidel
and cracks the clay.
“What can we do?”
Dad looks around and asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
From under his cape,
he pulls out a blue dreidel.
“Here’s a new one to play with
and spin on the table.”
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
It’s the third night of Hanukkah,
and we’re ready to eat,
but Mom drops the latkes
on the floor at our feet.
“What can we eat?”
Mom sorrowfully asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
He goes to the kitchen
and brings out a new plate,
filled with more golden latkes
that smell really great.
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
It’s the fourth night of Hanukkah
and a craft we will do…
a blue and white paper chain,
but we’re all out of glue.
“How can we finish?”
Mom shrugs as she asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
He opens his school backpack,
“With my glue stick, that’s how,”
and he hands it to Mom,
“We can finish our chain now!”
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
It’s the fifth night of Hanukkah
and we all have new socks,
but Dad’s right one is missing.
It’s not in the box.
“Where is the right one?”
Dad winks as he asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
He takes Dad’s left sock
and puts his hand in
and pulls out the right one,
that was hidden within.
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
It’s the sixth night of Hanukkah,
and we’re singing the Dreidel Song,
but when we sing the chorus
Dad sings the words wrong.
“Who can correct him?”
Mom laughs as she asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
“It’s not Oh Mabel, Mabel, Mabel,
she fell asleep, oy vey!”
He hands Dad the music,
“It’s dreidel made of clay!”
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
It’s the seventh night of Hanukkah,
and the chocolate gelt is hid,
but we can’t seem to find it.
We don’t know what Mom did.
“Where is the gelt?”
Dad playfully asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
He looks very thoughtful,
and thinks of Mom’s clues,
“The gelt’s under the coffee table,
right next to Mom’s shoes!”
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
It’s the eighth night of Hanukkah
and the whole family is here,
but Bubbie’s present is missing.
Dad looks around…oh dear!
“Who can help find it?”
Dad grins as he asks,
while little Gary puts on
his green cape and mask.
“You don’t have to fear.
Everything is okay!
The Green Menorah is here
to save the day!”
He runs to the closet
and pulls something out.
A pretty wrapped package…
the gift for Bubbie, no doubt.
A cheer goes up
from our family there,
“Thank you, Green Menorah,
for your help and your care!”
Who is this masked friend
of Hanukkah, you may ask?
Why it can be anyone
who puts on the green mask.
So remember, my friends,
when things go astray,
that the Green Menorah is here
to always save the day!
THE END
