failing to pass model objects to template for some reason....

I have a model class called Message with an attribute called text.

** When I pass a list of these objects called messages to my template,
it doesn't show up.

** When I instead create this derivative called fred, that *does*
work...
fred = [e.text for e in messages]

Why would fred work fine in template but not messages?

Here is my template code for messages that doesn't show anything on
page..

{% for e in messages %}
<p class = "message">{{e.date}}: {{e.text}}</p>
{% endfor %}

Here is the fred code that does work..
{% for e in fred %}
<p class = "message">{{e}}</p>
{% endfor %}

cs

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