Youp van het Hek
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Flappie
It was Christmas morning 1961, I remember it so well
My rabbit hutch was empty
And mother said I wasn't in the shed was allowed to come
And if I started playing nicely
That I would get something tasty
She didn't know where Flappie could be either
She would ask Dad, but because he was busy
I only had to spend an hour in the bicycle shed
Looking carefully for Flappie, he was probably walking somewhere on the grass
But I had closed the cage properly anyway
As I do every time evening
I had even gone back the previous evening
I don't know why I did that either
I had been standing in front of the cage for a long time
As if I knew what I know now< br/>It was Christmas Day 1961, we were looking for Flappie
Father, he was just looking along with us
Near the trees and the water, but not in that bicycle shed
Because he couldn't fit there anyway sitting down and I shook my head no
We looked for coffee together, the family had coffee
But I didn't have to
I thought about Flappie and that it could freeze very cold at night
br/>My head was bowed silently, big tears of sadness
But I had closed the cage properly anyway
Like I did every evening
I had even gone back the previous evening
I don't know why I did that either
I had been standing in front of the cage for a long time
As if I knew what I know now
It was Christmas Day 1961, there was a noisy dinner
But that didn't bother me much
I thought about Flappie, my own little Flappie
Where would he go, not a bite went down my throat
When the main course came after the soup
My father said very funny: look Yup there is Flappy then
I still see the silver bowl and there it was in three pieces
For the first time I saw my father as a terrible man
I went to bed screaming and stamping
I first lay there crying on the bedspread for an hour
I stood at the top of the stairs swearing again
And shouted Flappie was van me
I stood in front of the window for a long time
But the loft looked deserted
It was Boxing Day 1961, mother remembers it so well
Father's bed was empty< br/>And I told her not to come into the barn
And if she started playing nicely
That she would get something tasty

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