::A Geek in Korea::

On Monday, there was a rather insane attempt on my part at trying to explain the idea of the "Easter bunny" to a group of Korean school children that have absolutely no cultural context or language to understand what it was I was trying to explain.

My basic conversation went something like, "We all know rabbit right? What do rabbits like? Carrots, yes, they love carrots, but today is a special day. Does anyone know Easter? The Easter Bunny is a special rabbit. He doesn’t like carrots. He likes chocolate. He also likes children. No, he doesn’t like to eat children. Don’t be afraid, the Easter Bunny won’t eat you. The Easter Bunny also likes eggs. Why? I don’t know either. He just does. No, he doesn’t eat the eggs. He hides the eggs. Why? I don’t know. So, let’s review. Easter Bunny, chocolate, egg. Okay?"

Seeing as I wasn’t exactly convincing myself I understood the holiday, I’m sure I was very believable. Seriously, what kind of a crazy holiday is Easter anyway? I didn’t expect them to get much out of what I was saying at their age, so I decided to take another try at the explanation for more visual learners by just drawing some cute pictures. I started with a rabbit. Two long ears. Two big teeth. Eyes. Legs. Poofy tail.

No sooner had I finished the tail than one of my students gave me a surprised look and started giggling.

The dialog continued in Korean from this point forward:
 "Teacher!" he said in a shocked tone. "Why?!"

I gave him a look that was echoed by all the other students in the class. We all turned to him and asked, "What’s so funny?"

He said, "The teacher drew the rabbit farting! Look! See! It’s farting, and there is a cloud near it’s butt! Hahahahaha!"

Everyone else in the class went, "It’s a tail!" Then they sort of looked at it for a minute, then they started laughing too.

I thought the whole exchange was just brilliant, so I was already laughing.