A Purim Tale by Ben-Zion Friedman

MEGILLAH GEOGRAPHY

Once aPUN a time

King OSH-KOSH of the UNITED KINGDOM was HAVANA good time .

PEKING toasted ; ” YEMEN , SERB up SAMOA wine . let’s TAIWAN on . ”

The tipsy king asked Queen Vashti : ” KENYA dance the hoo-chee koo-chee . . without your NEW JERSEY ? ”

Vashti shouted : ” NORWAY ! :

PEKING ordered : ” You CONGO . ”

After she GHANA way , PEKING’s men went ROMAN for a YOUNGSTOWN girl .

PEKING SPOKAN said to Esther : ” On a scale of one-to-ten , you’re the only TENNESSEE .

I’d like to CZECH YOU OUT . ”

He thought : ” ALASKA to be Queen . ”

His advisors agreed : ” UGANDA beautiful intelligent queen . ”
Meanwhile , Haman said to Mordechai : ” Are you GHANA bow down to me ? ”

Mordechai retorted : ” Not in a BRAZILIAN years !

Haman snarled : ” AFRICAN HAITI . . . USA SPAIN ! ”

Mordechai thought : ” OMAN , JAMAICAN me nervous . ”

Now I’m CHINA figure out how Esther can save us . ”

Back INDIA palace , King Osh asked Queen Esther : ” HAWAII ? Is something BOTHNIA ? ”

Esther replied : ” KENYA BELIZE hear my story ? ISRAELI important .

PEKING listened and said : ” I BOLIVIA

. That Haman , EGYPT me .

Do RWANDA TIBET I’m GHANA get Haman ? DENMARK my words . Just KUWAIT .

Now Haman is RUSSIAN to the NETHERLANDS . . . and to SWEDEN the story

we can all BUDAPEST . . . and party like it’s Purim .

I’m FINNISH . Enough PUNishment . ABBYSINIA

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