THE FIRST HAMBURGER A READ ALOUD SECTION

Gellman, Marc

_A CHILDREN'S MIDRASH_ THE FIRST HAMBURGER A READ ALOUD SECTION MARC GELLMAN Once animals talked just like people, and walked around just like people. Once every living thing ate only grass,...

...To make a hamburger," s'aid the snake, "you first have to kill a cow, and then you have to chop up her meat, and then you have to fry it in a pan...
...And he could not find even one animal who would explain it to him...
...Once every living thing ate only grass, nuts, and perhaps a few berries when they could find them...
...But...
...Noah could not understand what had happened to his friends, the animals...
...But when Noah came again to the fields, everything was different...
...So he did just what the snake had told him to do...
...Noah's mouth opened wide...
...No one even thought of killing another living thing to eat it, until Noah wanted a hamburger...
...The snake whispered in Noah's ear, "To get one, you have to make one...
...And by this time Noah wanted a hamburger real, real badly...
...So Noah asked the snake, who was the smartest of all the animals, "What's a hamburger and how can I get one...
...Even the fish swam away in a hurry when they saw Noah coming...
...When he went over to say hello to the cows and sheep and buffalo, they ran away...
...But he wasn't exactly sure what it was, so he asked his friend the cow...
...In fact, since the day when Noah ate the first hamburger, no animal has ever talked to a person...
...Kid, if you want a hamburger really badly, that's what you gotta do...
...The cow gave Noah a puzzled look and asked, "What's a hamburger...
...But how do I make a hamburger...
...I can't kill her and chop up her meat, and fry it in a pan...
...When he walked towards the birds, they flew away...
...asked Noah with great interest...
...The first hamburger tasted delicious...
...Have some more grass and forget about it," said the cow, shaking her head...
...the cow is my friend, and she is a living thing just like me...
...The snake was laughing at Noah...
...They are still too angry...
...One night Noah dreamed of a hamburger, and when he woke up, he wanted one real badly...
...I don't know," answered Noah, "but I want one...

Vol. 1 • April 1976 • No. 9


 
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