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U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a laugh at the annual White House Easter-egg roll on April 21, 2014.KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters

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Mr. Obama treated the children to a reading of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. Here, the President acts out the line “rolled their terrible eyes” ...KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters

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... and “gnashed their terrible teeth.”KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters

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The First Lady did some reading of her own, from the book My Garden.JONATHAN ERNST/Reuters

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First Lady Michelle Obama flexes her arms after getting a high-five from some youngsters. Ms. Obama gave a fitness theme to this year’s Easter-egg roll, billing it as Hop into Health, Swing into Shape.J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/The Associated Press

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Mr. Obama made an effort to swing into shape, trying his hand at mini-tennis.KEVIN LAMARQUE/Reuters

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