"I want to be Hamen!"

Some friends wanted to be their superhero, king "A", Mordecai, or Esther, and then there was the ever popular Haman. He looked bad and mean which sparked a certain interest. When we told the story at morning meeting, the children were emphatic when asked what they thought about Haman: Yelling "boo" and he should be in jail. As they played with the puppets it was easy for them to banish Haman put into jail or throw him about~thus banishing from his initial dwelling place. A certain joy was noticed as they banished him. Despite this joy, children seem to "desire" to be Haman in their role playing.
It was interesting to notice as well, that when a friend actually put on the mask excited to assume the role of Haman, and being "mean"he could not bring himself to tell the Jewish people to "get out and go away". HE could NOT be mean despite his desire assume that role. Perhaps it was his pride of being Jewish that would not allow him to really bring those "unkind" words toward his Unicorn friends. What do you think???