Spectators were shocked to discover Shushan’s most important adviser, Haman, completely drenched in trash! He looked … Let’s just say he looked quite interesting.

The angry adviser certainly did not bother asking for bows this time. Upon being interviewed, all he responded with was “Hmph.” He might have said more, but we did not hear it over the roars of laughter. As you can see, we did not get much information.

So we interviewed a local salesperson, Sammy Susang, who witnessed the whole ordeal. He described it as “overall hilarious and shocking.” He was at his store when he saw “an unimportant Jew riding the king’s horse that was being pulled by Haman!”

While he was watching, “Trash started flying out the sky!” Then, “I looked up and saw Haman’s daughter throwing garbage at him. Her gleeful expression quickly morphed into horror as she saw her father.” The embarrassed adviser quickly fled—but not before leaving a trail of the stinky garbage odor. A rumor is that he was commanded by the king because the Jew (who we learned is named Mordechai) saved his life, but it can not be confirmed. While full details are still missing, we figured out that this is NOT what Haman wanted.

For the full interview with Sammy, go to www.shushonnews.com.

Devora Schreiber lives in Bergenfield. This news report appeared as part of Morah Chana Greenberg’s RYNJ fifth-grade class project on newspaper writing in the time of Purim. One article from their newspaper is chosen annually to appear in The Jewish Link’s Purim Spiel section. Mazel tov Devora!